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Rethinking the Out-of-Africa Migration: A Slow, Complex Journey
Key Takeaways
- Genetic evidence confirms modern humans originated in Africa and spread globally, but the timing and nature of the migration are debated.
- Archaeologist Huw Groucutt's study in Quaternary Science Reviews highlights a mismatch between genetic and archaeological data.
- The out-of-Africa migration may have been a slow, prolonged process rather than a single event around 60,000 years ago.
- A gradual dispersal would imply more complex interactions with other hominins like Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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