Analysis: DNA pinpoints area in northern Botswana as humanity's birthplace

The place was once the evolutionary birthplace of recent people? The East African Nice Rift Valley has lengthy been the popular contender – till as of late. Our new analysis has used DNA to track humanity’s earliest footsteps to a prehistoric wetland known as Makgadikgadi-Okavango, south of the Nice Zambezi River. *chirp chirp* Who’s there? It’s early chook tickets to …
Where was the evolutionary birthplace of modern humans? The East African Great Rift Valley has long been the favored contender – until today. Our new research has used DNA to trace humanity’s earliest footsteps to a prehistoric wetland called Makgadikgadi-Okavango, south of the Great Zambezi River. *chirp chirp* Who’s there? It’s early bird tickets to …

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