Human Parallels
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Homo sapiens, African origins, Population genetics, Cultural anthropologyAbstract
The idea of the African origin of man (homo sapiens) (monogenesis) was already formulated by the English naturalist and developer of the modern theory of evolution, Charles Darwin (1809–1882), in his work “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex,” published in 1871. The hypothesis was only scientifically proven in the 1980s through the combined examination of mitochondrial DNA and physical anthropology of ancient finds.
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2012-12-01
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Béres, M. (2012). Human Parallels. Hungarian Journal of African Studies Afrika Tanulmányok, 6(4), 53–71. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.pte.hu/index.php/afrikatanulmanyok/article/view/4263
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