Two Years After Chris Stringer Formalized the Out of Africa

question 6

Multiple Choice

Two years after Chris Stringer formalized the Out of Africa model, which of the following gave support to it?

• A) fossils of three Neandertals showing mtDNA that was very different from AMH
• B) two hybrid Neandertal/ AMH fossils that were found in Spain and Portugal
• C) mtDNA that both showed the LCA of modern humans was in Africa and dated the speciation event
• D) a Japanese excavation found fossils in Korea and Japan that the model predicted

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