Human Change and Replacement
By c. 80 – 50 ka MSA humans spread out of Africa to Asia, Australia and Europe, perhaps only in small numbers initially, but by c. 30 ka they had replaced Neanderthals and Homo erectus. Based on the measurement of a large number of human skulls a recent study supports a central/southern African origin for Homo sapiens as this region shows the highest intra-population diversity in phenotypic measurements. Genetic data supports this conclusion.
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