Where did early humans go?

Scientists think that Homo sapiens (modern human beings) spread out around the world after some of them left Africa about 70,000 years ago. They started to settle in Europe and Asia about 25,000 years later, but until now no one knew where or how they lived in the years between. Now researchers think they have figured out where these ancient humans had their base. To find out, the researchers compared modern and ancient human DNA (a chemical that carries information about how a living thing grows). Ancient DNA can be found preserved in the remains of animals and plants. They found that the DNA of people who live in an area called the Persian Plateau closely matched ancient DNA from the earliest groups that left Africa. The Persian Plateau covers…

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