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Out-Of-Africa Theory Debunked

The “Out of Africa” theory is the most widely accepted model of the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans. It proposes a “single origin” of Homo sapiens in Africa, which then allegedly populated the rest of the world by replacing all other hominins and mutating or evolving into the various races that comprise modern day humanity. This presentation provides a counter-argument. Here’s more from Robert Sepehr, author and anthropologist.

The Messy Tree Of Life

Taxonomy, a method for naming living things and sorting them into groups, is a powerful tool and one that modern biology wouldn’t be able to function without. But trying to shoehorn the messy, complicated web of interrelationships that is biology into neat boxes has resulted in a pretty messy tree of life. And straightening it out is going to take a lot of time and effort. SciShow host Olivia Gordon explains.

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