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Australian scientists find where modern humans were born - and why they left

Vanessa Hayes and the Ju’hoansi family

Vanessa Hayes and the Ju’hoansi family Source: Chris Bennett-Evolving Picture

Scientists have long believed we came from the African region but a new report pin-points the exact place in an area south of the Zambezi river, encompassing parts of what is now Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia.


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Scientists have long believed we came from the African region but a new report pin-points the exact place in an area south of the Zambezi river, encompassing parts of what is now Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia.



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