The theory that humans emerged in Africa is often questioned—that's good for science

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The theory that humans emerged in Africa is often questioned—that's good for science
October 26, 2017 by Julien Benoit, The Conversation
 

For nearly a century now the African root of human evolutionary theory has remained strong and unbowed. It is proved by a tremendous fossil record that documents the diversity of hominoids – apes and their relatives – across the continent through tens of millions of years.

Then, the human branch of the evolutionary tree (hominins) split only seven or eight million years ago from our closest ape relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas. The oldest recorded hominin, whose skull was found in Chad and has been nicknamed Toumaï, is just a little younger than this.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-10-theory-humans-emerged-africa-questionedthat.html#jCp

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It's interesting, don't you think, that questioning the origins of humans is good for science but questioning "global warming" should never be tolerated.