Ancient African Exodus 60,000 Years Ago Mostly Men
Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 18:56
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Even 60,000 years ago men had the wanderlust more than women. Or they left families behind until they knew what they would find. For one reason or another, the modern humans left Africa in a migration that many believe was responsible for nearly all of the human population that exist outside Africa today didn't have men and women as equal equal partners in that exodus. By tracing variations in the X chromosome and in the non-sex chromosomes, researchers from Harvard say they have found evidence that men outnumbered women in that migration. read more
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