The Journey of a Man
According to the recent single origin hypothesis, human ancestors originated in
Africa, and eventually made their way out to the rest of the world. Analysis of the
Y chromosome is one of the methods used in tracing the history of early humans.
Thirteen genetic markers on the Y-chromosome differentiate populations of human beings.!
It is believed, on the basis of genetic evidence, that all human beings in existence now descend from one single man who lived in Africa about 60,000 years ago.[2] The earliest groups of humans are believed to find their present-day descendants among the San people, a group that is now found in western southern Africa. The San are smaller than the Bantu. They have lighter skins, more tightly curled hair, and they share the epicanthal fold with the people of
East Asia, such as the Chinese and Japanese.!
Southern and eastern Africa are believed to originally have been populated by people akin to the San. Since that early time much of their range has been taken over by the Bantu. Skeletal remains of these ancestral people are found in
Paleolithic sites in Somalia and Ethiopia. There are also peoples in east Africa today who speak substantially different languages that nevertheless share the archaic characteristics of the San language, its distinctive repertoire of click and pop sounds. These are the only languages in the entire world that use these sounds in speech.!
As humans migrated out of Africa, they all carried a genetic feature on the Y chromosome known as M168.[3]!
The first wave of migration out of Africa stayed close to the oceans shores, tracing a band along the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean including parts of the
Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and into South East
Asia, down into what is now Indonesia, and eventually reaching Australia. This branch of the human family developed a new marker, M130.
Africa, and eventually made their way out to the rest of the world. Analysis of the
Y chromosome is one of the methods used in tracing the history of early humans.
Thirteen genetic markers on the Y-chromosome differentiate populations of human beings.!
It is believed, on the basis of genetic evidence, that all human beings in existence now descend from one single man who lived in Africa about 60,000 years ago.[2] The earliest groups of humans are believed to find their present-day descendants among the San people, a group that is now found in western southern Africa. The San are smaller than the Bantu. They have lighter skins, more tightly curled hair, and they share the epicanthal fold with the people of
East Asia, such as the Chinese and Japanese.!
Southern and eastern Africa are believed to originally have been populated by people akin to the San. Since that early time much of their range has been taken over by the Bantu. Skeletal remains of these ancestral people are found in
Paleolithic sites in Somalia and Ethiopia. There are also peoples in east Africa today who speak substantially different languages that nevertheless share the archaic characteristics of the San language, its distinctive repertoire of click and pop sounds. These are the only languages in the entire world that use these sounds in speech.!
As humans migrated out of Africa, they all carried a genetic feature on the Y chromosome known as M168.[3]!
The first wave of migration out of Africa stayed close to the oceans shores, tracing a band along the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean including parts of the
Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and into South East
Asia, down into what is now Indonesia, and eventually reaching Australia. This branch of the human family developed a new marker, M130.