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Nature 408, 652-653 (7 December 2000) | doi:10.1038/35047193

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Human evolution: A start for population genomics

S. Blair Hedges

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The most thorough analysis yet of the divergence of sequences in human mitochondrial DNA has been carried out. The results support the view that modern humans originated in Africa.

When and where did our species arise? Over the past two decades molecular evolutionists have vigorously pursued this question.