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Article: Human Ancestors Traced to 1 Small Group; DNA Study Suggests Current Species Originated Just 270,000 Years Ago
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- The Washington Post
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- May 26, 1995
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Scientists who tested the Y chromosomes of 38 men all over the
world have found evidence suggesting that everyone living today
descended from one small population of a few thousand people who may
have lived about 270,000 years ago. The researchers say those ancient
people may have been the first representatives of the modern human
species.
The findings are consistent with the prevalent view among
anthropologists that the origin of the species was a relatively
recent event that happened in one region and that modern humans then
fanned out over the world. Today's racial variations would have
arisen after that dispersal. The new evidence challenges a rival
hypothesis that holds modern human ...
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