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Rethinking Homo sapiens? The story of our origins gets dizzyingly complicated
July 12, 2018 by Darren Curnoe, The Conversation
 

You might say it's the ultimate prize of science, to discover when, where and why humans evolved.

For a long time, the evidence has been overwhelming that Homo sapiens evolved in Africa and later spilled out of the continent to settle the rest of the planet.

But is the story of our origins really as simple as it seems? Published today, a new commentary written by UK and German scientists suggests not.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-07-rethinking-homo-sapiens-story-dizzyingly.html#jCp