Goodbye Eve. New light on Human Origins in Africa

So good bye to a single African Eve. Chris Singer and a host of other authors in their article: 

Did Our Species Evolve in Subdivided Populations across Africa, and Why Does It Matter?

suggest that Homo Sapiens developed all over African in multiple communities, not in a single region.

 See the paper here:

Authors:

Eleanor M.L. Scerri'Correspondence information about the author Eleanor M.L. Scerri
,
Mark G. Thomas
,
Andrea Manica
,
Philipp Gunz
,
Jay T. Stock
,
Chris Stringer
,
Matt Grove
,
Huw S. Groucutt
,
Axel Timmermann
,
G. Philip Rightmire
,
Francesco d’Errico
,
Christian A. Tryon
,
Nick A. Drake
,
Alison S. Brooks
,
Robin W. Dennell
,
Richard Durbin
,
Brenna M. Henn
,
Julia Lee-Thorp
,
Peter deMenocal
,
Michael D. Petraglia
,
Jessica C. Thompson
,
Aylwyn Scally
, Lounès Chikhi

https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(18)30117-4

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