Africa was once home to many types of humans, according to a new study | Science | New

Until recently, conventional wisdom was that homo sapiens evolved in the East African rift valley 200,000 years ago, before leaving the continent and populating the rest of the world 60,000 years ago

. this simplistic point of view, especially the evidence that our ancient ancestors have repeatedly crossed Neanderthals and the mysterious hominid denisovan.

A study conducted by a team of German and British experts led by Dr. Eleanor Scerri even states before leaving Africa.

Their report, published on the science website cell.com, says: "We question the idea that our species, Homo sapiens, has evolved within a single population and / or region from Africa. "

The pure diversity demonstrated in Pleistocene human fossils has suggested" morphologically varied "populations experienced throughout Africa, according to the study.

ded: "Genetic studies also indicate that the current population structure in Africa extends to deep weather, along with paleoenvironmental recording of mobile and fractured living areas.

" We argue that these fields support an emerging vision of a highly structured African prehistory that should be considered in human evolutionary inferences, sparking new interdisciplinary interpretations, questions, and directions of research. "

The earliest human fossils date back 500,000 years ago explained: "With the archaic and recent archaic genetic evidence, these data are consistent with the idea that our species was born and diversified within the species." He added that this concept of "African multiregionalism" could also include hybridization between homp sapiens and more divergent hominids living in different

19659002] He said: "The next decade of research will be crucial to solving these res research themes. Contemporary human genomes are now available across the African continent, with a growing number of ancient genomes.

"The expansion of paleoanthropological studies into neglected areas of Africa will undoubtedly reveal new data that will significantly refine the parameters of recent human evolution."

Results excited Dr. Darren Curnoe, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales specializing in evolutionary biology.

He said: "A few years ago, it seemed too easy.The case was settled.

" The homo sapiens evolved into the valley of East African rift about 200,000 years ago and came out of the mother continent to colonize the remaining planet 60,000 years ago. "19659002" As someone who has kept an eye on active research, our evolution, it is clear to me that there is something going on here. Change is in the wind! "