Living African Group Discovered to Be the Most Populous Humans Over the Last 150,000 Years (IMAGE)

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Living African Group Discovered to Be the Most Populous Humans Over the Last 150,000 Years

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New genetic research reveals a large community in Southern Africa that was the largest group of humans for most of the past 150,000 years. The research indicates that the men in culture typically did not take wives from outside the group. Their culture has remained unaltered for hundreds of generations, with only recent events endangering their hunter-gatherer lifestyles. More information is online at http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2014-news/Miller12-2014. This image shows members of the Ju:'hoansi tribe foraging in North-Western Namibia.

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Stephan C. Schuster, Penn State University

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