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Researchers studying the demographic and genetic history of Central African Pygmee and Bantus-speaking farmer populations, suggest that the two groups diverged 70,000 years ago.
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 | Scientists from the NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research obtained for the first time a detailed temperature record for tropical central Africa over the past 25,000 years. ...> Full Article |
 | The discovery of a new monkey species that’s found only in Uganda is being overshadowed by the imminent destruction of much of the animal’s habitat. ...> Full Article |
Darwin’s theory of natural selection is considered by most scientists to be correct, the mechanism that allows it to occur has been hard to nail down though. Many scientists have claimed that it is the accumulation of minor genetic mutations over time. As new traits are developed they will be passed on only if the trait gives the bearer some advantage. The inverse of this is also true, in that if an organism inherits a trait like a disease, then they may not be around long enough to pass on the trait.
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