The real olde sod. If you're unfamiliar with the old Out-of-Africa vs. Multiregional debate on modern human origins, you might enjoy this treatment in the current edition of American Scientist. It contains fascinating info on the recent discovery of the oldest yet known Homo sapiens fossils (between 154k and 160k years old), in addition to a discussion of the derivation of mtDNA lineages.

Posted by Moira Breen at October 15, 2003 02:02 PM