Every so often a new question will pop into my head, and I’ll wonder “Why
wasn’t I wondering about this before now?” Today, I started wondering what
made the human species migrate out of Africa. Not surprisingly, lots of
people in anthropology have also wondered about this.
Here’s an interesting
page on genetics and migration, although I’m a bit weirded out by the
Christian terminology.
Here’s another
link, which somewhat disturbingly suggests that migrations were driven
by the fact that early humans had used up the resources in their immediate
areas. Doesn’t bode well for our in built conservation tendencies, does
it?
posted at 16:14 on Wed, 21 Jun, 2006 |
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