One of the Lines of Evidence Supporting Human Origins in Africa

question 10

Essay

One of the lines of evidence supporting human origins in Africa is that African populations contain the greatest diversity of genetic variants of any human populations. Why is this consistent with human origins on that continent rather than stemming from some other process?

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