Also known as "Out of Africa" theory, Out of Africa theory, OOA, Out of Africa, recent single-origin hypothesis, RSOH, replacement hypothesis, recent African origin model
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Successive dispersals (labeled in years before present) of Homo erectus greatest extent (yellow) Homo neanderthalensis greatest extent (ochre) Homo sapiens (red) Expansion of early modern humans from Africa through the Near East
The recent African origin of modern humans or the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA) holds that present-day humans outside Africa descend mainly from a single expansion of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) from Africa about 70,000–50,000 years ago. It is the most widely accepted paleo-anthropological model of the geographic origin and early migration of the human species.
dominant model of the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans, according to which Homo sapiens developed in the Horn of Africa 300–200 kya and dispersed to the rest of the world in multiple events
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