Out of Africa theory

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
model of human evolution
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Recent African origin model
gptkbp:category archaeology
genetics
paleoanthropology
gptkbp:contrastsWith multiregional hypothesis
gptkbp:describes origin of modern humans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Out of Africa theory
gptkbp:influencedBy mitochondrial DNA studies
Y-chromosome studies
gptkbp:mainProponent gptkb:Chris_Stringer
gptkbp:period about 200,000 to 60,000 years ago
gptkbp:proposedBy modern humans originated in Africa
gptkbp:relatedTo human evolution
human migration
gptkbp:state Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa
Homo sapiens replaced archaic human populations
gptkbp:supportedBy genetic evidence
fossil evidence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anthropogenesis
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6