Dr C discusses recent claims that the mother of every person alive on earth today lived in southern Africa, in what is now a vast desert. He points out several critical assumptions behind the conclusions and a couple of errors made by the researchers as they attempted to pinpoint the geographic location of the earliest humans.
Location: Kaw Point Park, Kansas City, Missouri
Main reference:
- Chan et al. 2019 Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations Nature 575(7781):185-189.
Popular-level articles:
- Humans’ maternal ancestors may have arisen 200,000 years ago in southern Africa, ScienceNews.org, 28 Oct 2019
- New study pinpoints the ancestral homeland of all humans alive today, ScienceAlert.com, 28 Oct 2019
- Scientists think they found Mitochondrial Eve’s first homeland, LiveScience.com, 28 Oct 2019
- Controversial new paper pinpoints where all modern humans arose, NationalGeographic.com, 28 Oct 2019
Other links:
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803 to 1806 AD
- Mitochondrial Haplogroup L0
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