Where Was the Birthplace of Modern Humans?

[Standing Wolf]

That is true about climate and evolution. What is interesting to me as well is that modern humans skin tone adapted to the colder climate by lightening to allow more sun light, while African skin darkened to close out the light, hair thickened as protection from the sun, but in a lusher wetter environment, it makes me wonder what our original skin tone was...

Genetic mapping indicates that homo sapiens almost became extinct about 70,000 years ago, and that advanced hominids had almost gone extinct at least twice before that - about 150,000 years ago and 1.2 million years ago. That science also points to a couple of present-day human populations who most probably represent what the survivors of that last near-extinction looked like. The Sans Bushmen are the best known.

[jet57]

Genetic mapping indicates that homo sapiens almost became extinct about 70,000 years ago, and that advanced hominids had almost gone extinct at least twice before that - about 150,000 years ago and 1.2 million years ago. That science also points to a couple of present-day human populations who most probably represent what the survivors of that last near-extinction looked like. The Sans Bushmen are the best known.

Their genetics are surely original: I've heard of them before, but they have evolved according to their climate over the mellennia.

There is a tribe of ancient Celts in far western China that buried their people in plaid garments (I wish I could remember their name). Their paternal DNA is pure Celtic, their maternal DNA is Asian, thus even as isolated and almost pure as their society is, they have developed soft Chinese features. So as I say, what he original features of the first modern humans must have been is something I'd love to know. They very well could be closer to a Native American look...

[Peter1469]

That is true about climate and evolution. What is interesting to me as well is that modern humans skin tone adapted to the colder climate by lightening to allow more sun light, while African skin darkened to close out the light, hair thickened as protection from the sun, but in a lusher wetter environment, it makes me wonder what our original skin tone was...

Good points.

[Peter1469]

Their genetics are surely original: I've heard of them before, but they have evolved according to their climate over the mellennia.

There is a tribe of ancient Celts in far western China that buried their people in plaid garments (I wish I could remember their name). Their paternal DNA is pure Celtic, their maternal DNA is Asian, thus even as isolated and almost pure as their society is, they have developed soft Chinese features. So as I say, what he original features of the first modern humans must have been is something I'd love to know. They very well could be closer to a Native American look...

The red headed corpses in burial mounds in China.

[jet57]

The red headed corpses in burial mounds in China.

Celts.

[Captdon]

That's why there are no truly races.