Re:Fossils from Morocco complicate the story of modern humans
by rgrieselhuber on Monday September 11, 2017 @04:13PM
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Do you happen to have a good source handy on the growing acceptance of the Multi-Regional theory vs the Out of Africa theory? This is obviously a topic with political implications so looking for something that is accepted as a neutral source.
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Re:Fossils from Morocco complicate the story of modern humans
by danieltillett on Monday September 11, 2017 @04:56PM
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It is not a case of one or the other, they are both right. All non-Africans are a hybrid between Africans and Neanderthals or Africans/Neanderthals/Denisovans.
You are right that this topic is politically sensitive - so sensitive that the data is basically ignored outside of science.
Re:Fossils from Morocco complicate the story of modern humans
by nikcheerla on Monday September 11, 2017 @08:13PM
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Why is it politically sensitive? I can't see any obvious political implications ...
Re:Fossils from Morocco complicate the story of modern humans
by tombh on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @12:03AM
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I'm not an expert, so just guessing, but I imagine it's something similar to the whole Arian stuff from the Nazis, ie: "look, our genes are more closely related to the most 'original' and 'pure' human lineage".
Re:Fossils from Morocco complicate the story of modern humans
by tombh on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @12:01AM
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A lot of the Multi-regional stuff I learnt is from the University of California Youtube channel. There's a playlist here, it's quite big, but a lot of relevant videos are in there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0j77rODO3E&list=PL1B24EADC0...