Humans originate from Botswana - Scientists

Makgadikgadi salt pans PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Makgadikgadi salt pans PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

Scientists have pinpointed the homeland of all humans alive today to a region south of the Zambesi River.

The area is now dominated by salt pans, but was once home to an enormous lake, which may have been our ancestral heartland 200,000 years ago.

Our ancestors settled for 70,000 years, until the local climate changed, researchers have proposed.

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