Sunday, February 7, 2010

Darwin Out Of Africa 45,000 Years Ago

Charles Darwin's family history has been mapped. His ancestors left Africa 45,000 years ago.

From Cosmos:

SYDNEY: The father of evolution Charles Darwin was a direct descendant of the Cro-Magnon people, whose entry into Europe 30,000 years ago heralded the demise of Neanderthals, scientists revealed.

Darwin, who hypothesised that all humans evolved from common ancestors in his seminal 1859 work On the Origin of Species, came from Haplogroup R1b, one of the most common European male lineages, said genealogist Spencer Wells.

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