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| Nyyankee
Bass Username: Nyyankee Post Number: 728 Registered: 8-2008 Rating: N/A |
A strip of land on Africa's southern coast became a last refuge for the band of early humans who survived an ice age that wiped out the species elsewhere, scientists maintained Sunday. The land, may have been the only part of Africa to remain continuously habitable during the ice age that began about 195,000 years ago. Scientists' excavations showed how a combination of rich vegetation on land and nutrient-laden currents in the sea created a source of food that could sustain early humans through devastating climate changes. "Shortly after Homo sapiens first evolved, the harsh climate conditions nearly extinguished our species," said Professor Curtis Marean, of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University. "Recent finds suggest the small population that gave rise to all humans alive today survived by exploiting a unique combination of resources along the southern coast of Africa." The idea that early humans were once reduced to a tiny remnant population arose from research showing that modern humans have far less genetic diversity than most other species. Some scientists suggested the human population could have fallen to as low as a few hundred individuals during this period.  | ||
| Picklefork
Minnow Username: Picklefork Post Number: 86 Registered: 12-2009 Rating: N/A |
And all of those few hundred individuals were male..........left to breed with animals....that is why all farm animals should be watched closely when one of these decendents visit your home...............You will notice how nervous they appear when they have to socialize with women.....................truely sad to watch. |
