Most current genetic and archaeological evidence supports a recent single origin of modern humans in East Africa. (globaleducationmagazine.com)
While it is widely accepted that the origins of modern humans date back some 200,000 years to Africa, there has been furious debate as to which model of early Homo sapiens migration most plausibly led to the population of the planet — and the eventual extinction of Neanderthals. (sciencedaily.com)
The fossil pits look nearly identical to those of small peaches grown today, indicating that the fruit evolved naturally hundreds of thousands of years before the origin of modern humans. (sciencemag.org)