FIGURE 2. Likely origin of anatomically modern humans.
From the following article:
The effect of ancient population bottlenecks on human phenotypic variation
Andrea Manica, William Amos, François Balloux & Tsunehiko Hanihara
Nature 448, 346-348(19 July 2007)
doi:10.1038/nature05951
a, b, Maps showing the likely location of a single origin for phenotypic (a) and genetic (b) data. Lighter colours represent better fits of models of variability as predicted by distance from a location. The area in each panel containing the most likely origin is enclosed by a blue line. Areas of the world not investigated as possible origins (such as Iceland and Madagascar, which would require substantial land bridges to the main continents) are shown in grey.
