Genetic Study of Romanian Skull Upends Previous Theories of Evolution
Until now it was believed that the number of people who chose to leave their African homeland was relatively small and homogenous. Consequently, their descendants in new lands would have lacked genetic diversity since their ancestors all came from a genetically limited population base. Whatever genetic diversity they did possess would decline noticeably over time, as the original migrants divided up into separate groups that mixed with each other less and less. This theory was developed to explain the results elicited from the existing human fossil record. DNA samples taken from ancient ...