Where Did Humans Originate? New Study Rejects Two Common Theories
- Study says homo sapiens sapiens lived in the Zambezi basin
- Later migration saw movement to southern coast, east Africa
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The ancestors of modern humans, homo sapiens sapiens, first lived in the Zambezi basin in northern Botswana, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature.