Recent African origin of modern humans
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title:
Recent African origin of modern humans
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In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans or the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA) is the most widely accepted model of the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans. It follows the early expansions of hominins out of Africa, accomplished by Homo erectus and then Homo neanderthalensis. The model proposes a "single origin" of Homo sapiens in the taxonomic sense, precluding parallel evolution in other regions of traits considered anatomically modern, but
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"Out of Africa" theory of the early migration of humans
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_African_origin_of_modern_humans
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2002-09-23T10:03:07Z
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2024-09-10T11:35:14Z
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