'Humans originate from Botswana' researcher comes home

Friday, March 06, 2020

Homecoming: Prof Hayes received a warm welcome at Makgadikgadi Pans PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES

KUDIAKAM PAN: Just a few days after the 2019 General Election on October 28, before the new president could even be inaugurated, a landmark study came out. Published in the distinguished British scientific journal, Nature, the study concluded that Botswana is the ancestral homeland of all humankind.

Although the news made headlines across the world following the published study, at some point beating both US President Donald Trump’s then impending impeachment trial and Brexit blockbusters, Botswana was still busy reeling from the elections aftermath, and focused on its local politics.

Exactly four months since publication of the explosive study, last weekend its leading researcher, Professor Vanessa Hayes made her first visit to Botswana for the Human Origins Seminar in Maun.

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'Humans originate from Botswana' researcher comes home

KUDIAKAM PAN: Just a few days after the 2019 General Election on October 28, before the new president could even be inaugurated, a landmark study came out. Published in the distinguished British scientific journal, Nature, the study concluded that Botswana is the ancestral homeland of all humankind.

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