Humans Evolved From a Single Origin In Africa

Invisible Pink Unicorn writes "Researchers at the University of Cambridge have combined studies of global human genetic variations with skull measurements worldwide to show conclusively the validity of the single origin hypothesis. The alternative hypothesis contended that different populations independently evolved from Homo erectus to Home sapiens in different areas. The lead researcher explains, 'The origin of anatomically modern humans has been the focus of much heated debate. Our genetic research shows the further modern humans have migrated from Africa, the more genetic diversity has been lost within a population. However, some have used skull data to argue that modern humans originated in multiple spots around the world. We have combined our genetic data with new measurements of a large sample of skulls to show definitively that modern humans originated from a single area in Sub-saharan Africa.' The article abstract is available from Nature."

Comments

Re:Not so fast

[macdaddy357]

This whole "everybody came from Africa" talk is bullshit! If everybody came from Africa, why isn't everybody black? It is all part of a plot by the man to keep a brother down.

Re:Not so fast

[Anonymous Coward]

Not so fast Wtf, nvisblePinkUnicorn (1126837) (parent poster) submitted this fucking story! Do you purposely look for stories that you can debunk then submit them and debunk them in the first post? Does this do something for you, IPU?

Re:Oh really?

[A nonymous Coward]

Yup, in fact Slashdot is the only place where I ever read about intelligent design. Then again I live in Europe.

Well that explains it all! All decent god fearing Americans understand that intelligent and Europe don't go together. An intelligent designer would have intelligently designed things such that the smart people in Europe would migrate to America where they could displace the other dumb people who had only been invented to give the intelligent people target practice.

Duh!