Many of us learned in high school that our human ancestors first evolved in Africa before slowly spreading out across the planet. But that may not be the full story.
New research published in Nature in May aimed to shed new light on human origins in Africa and beyond. An international research team using sophisticated computer software and a large set of genomic data — including DNA from many different populations in Africa — tested a variety of models for how human populations arose and diverged, producing the genetic variation we see on the African continent today.
