News tagged with out of africa

Anthropologists clarify link between Asians and early Native-Americans

A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania-led team of anthropologists.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Orange smoke billows out of Congolese volcano

Clouds of orange smoke and ash billowed out of Africa's most active volcano Nyamulagira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tuesday after it erupted spectacularly at the weekend.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 9

The genographic project confirms humans migrated out of Africa through Arabia

Evolutionary history shows that human populations likely originated in Africa, and the Genographic Project, the most extensive survey of human population genetic data to date, suggests where they went next. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Breeding with Neanderthals appears to have helped early humans fight disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- Following up on evidence that Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals mated and produced offspring, following the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome last year, Peter Parham, professor of microbiology ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Were ancient human migrations two-way streets?

The worldwide spread of ancient humans has long been depicted as flowing out of Africa, but tantalizing new evidence suggests it may have been a two-way street.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Prof disproves gene analysis that appeared to support out-of-Africa replacement model

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the sometimes opaque world of statistics, Alan R. Templeton, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has found that it's good to know your ...

Biology / Evolution

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