After learning about the founder effect (genetic variability increasing closer to Africa), I’m interested in knowing where, and which ethnic groups from Africa did humans from outside of Africa come from (Europeans, Asians, Native Americans etc.). Is this question even answerable? Thanks.
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I’m not sure I fully understand what you’re looking for but I’ll do my best to answer.
Basically, we largely all come from Ethiopia and it’s surrounding area. Humans migrated out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago so categorizing into modern ethnic groups would be difficult because migrations took so long that really it wouldn’t matter to try. But a study done actually did find that basically everyone from outside Africa can trace themselves back to a single population that managed to cross the Red Sea, then split off into groups that eventually made their way to Europe, NA, etc.
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