Question

It is believed that if humans migrated out of Africa they probably stayed close to the coastlines. 2 / 2 Why do you think this would have been important?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Sometime between 195,000 and 123,000 years ago, African Homo sapiens populations plummeted, thanks to cold, dry climate conditions that left much of the land uninhabitable. Everyone alive today is descended from people from a single region who survived this catastrophe.

The southern coast of Africa would have been one of the few spots where humans could survive during this climate crisis because it harbored an abundance of shellfish, mammals and edible plants.

Excavations of a series of sites in this region have recovered items left behind from this possible progenitor population.

The discoveries confirm the idea that advanced cognitive abilities evolved earlier than previously thought—and may have played a role in the survival of the species.