Alison Campbell • Oct 23, 2018 •
One of the key features of science is that its findings aren’t set in stone. Bring forward a new body of evidence, and it’ll be reviewed and considered, and may just result in a particular model or view being changed. I remember, back when I was in the 7th form (year 13), learning about how the human lineage went back … Read More
Guest Author • Jan 29, 2018 •
Bernard Wood, George Washington University and Michael Westaway, Griffith University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The question of where we humans come from is one many people ask, and the answer is getting more complicated as new evidence is emerging all the time. For most of … Read More
John Kerr • Sep 22, 2016 •
Where did we come from and when did we leave there? These existential questions are at the heart of several human genetics studies published today in the leading journal Nature, all with links to New Zealand. Tracing our genetic roots The now widely accepted ‘Out of Africa’ hypothesis puts Africa as the origin of all modern humans. However, there is still debate … Read More