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Originally posted by pavil
reply to post by Kailassa
Sorry that the links don't work....I tested them. They just show how similiar different regions of humans are in relation to mitochondrial DNA. It seems to point to Africa as ground Zero for humanity forming.
Originally posted by Seventhdoor
This could still easily fit models of evolution though right? Wouldn't it just be that whatever creature we evolved from prior to being homo sapiens may have migrated to various locations on the planet, evolving under different conditions but still difficult enough conditions...
I think it's quaint and overly simplistic to assume we all originated from Africa
For all we know life could have originated in hundreds of different places all over the world (or universe, it's a stretch but a possibility nonetheless).
Originally posted by Astyanax
reply to post by filosophia
I think it's quaint and overly simplistic to assume we all originated from Africa
'Quaint and overly simplistic', eh? Can you explain why it's 'quaint and overly simplistic'?
For all we know life could have originated in hundreds of different places all over the world (or universe, it's a stretch but a possibility nonetheless).
Would you like to explain why you say this?
Thank you.edit on 1/11/10 by Astyanax because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by filosophia
For all we know life could have originated in hundreds of different places all over the world (or universe, it's a stretch but a possibility nonetheless).
its quaint and overly simplistic because it doesn't fit with Astyanax's point of view. :-D
Originally posted by spacevisitor
Perhaps interesting for some here, if this really could be true, which I personally think it could, than that will definitly change some major views on our history.
Remarkable is that it is immediately been dismissed by world experts as “dangerous”, “wrong” and “racist”.
But that always happens to such earthshaking new views.
A public claim by a fellow of the prestigious Royal Geographic Society that humans did not all come from Africa — and that blacks, whites and Asians have different ancestors — has been dismissed by world experts as “dangerous”, “wrong” and “racist”.
In a paper widely trumpeted and due for release in book form, Akhil Bakshi, the leader of a recent major scientific expedition supported by India’s prime minister, claims that “Negroid”, “Caucasian” and “Mongoloid” peoples are not only separate races but separate species, having evolved on different continents.
www.articlesafari.com...
Here is Mr. Bakshi’s view on it.
A critique of the African-origin theory by Akhil Bakshi
www.articlesafari.com...
My personal view on this moment is that it is very well possible that “Negroid”, “Caucasian” and “Mongoloid” peoples are not only separate races but separate species.
edit on 19/10/10 by spacevisitor because: Add some text
Originally posted by Titen-Sxull
reply to post by spacevisitor
But that always happens to such earthshaking new views.
There's nothing new about such views. Racism is very old and such claims are very similar to those made by Nazis who went so far as to trudge up an entire branch of pseudoscience to prove their claim to a Master Race. If human beings had evolved from separate species in separate parts of the world we would be separate species probably unable to interbreed and our genetics would not be as similar. The genetic evidence showing our migration out of Africa is pretty strong.
Originally posted by Seventhdoor
reply to post by spacevisitor
This could still easily fit models of evolution though right? Wouldn't it just be that whatever creature we evolved from prior to being homo sapiens may have migrated to various locations on the planet, evolving under different conditions but still difficult enough conditions, they all evolved to a different stage of evolution which resulted in a dimilar enough DNA that they could mate (like different colors of the same breed of dog?) but which also resulted in minds and bodies which were fit for certain kinds of tasks, which is clearly reflected in the skills that each nation is known for, and they are all worthy not only of those skills, but that of all humanity, and they are all worthy to be part of the world community regardless of their origins because they are our brothers, sisters, and cousins.
Originally posted by WatchRider
Well I've never fully bought into the one-race theory from Africa. So I kinda vibe to the first scientists theory.
All the Chinese I've spoken to agree they are not from Africa remotely.
The only proof there is of the one-race theory is some human remains called 'Lucy' that the ptb elites trumpet as the 'Out of Africa' proof to accelerate the mass immigration agenda to the first world..
However I think to say they are different species is a bit OTT
The out of Africa migration is estimated to have occurred about 70,000 years BP. Modern humans subsequently spread to all continents, replacing earlier hominids: they inhabited Eurasia and Oceania by 40,000 BP, and the Americas at least 14,500 years BP
The hypothesis that humans have a single origin (monogenesis) was published in Charles Darwin's Descent of Man (1871). The concept was speculative until the 1980s, when it was corroborated by a study of present-day mitochondrial DNA, combined with evidence based on physical anthropology of archaic specimens.
According to genetic and fossil evidence, archaic Homo sapiens evolved to anatomically modern humans solely in Africa, between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago, with members of one branch leaving Africa by 60,000 years ago and over time replacing earlier human populations such as Neanderthals and Homo erectus.
Map of early human migrations according to mitochondrial population genetics
As the OP said, caucasoid, negroid and mongoloid are indeed the three races of man.
To satisfy the evolutionists...