03.27.09
Out of Africa map
Comment from James on An ‘Out Of Africa’ Article
James said,
March 26, 2009 at 8:34 pm ยท
Interactive map:
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/—————
This is an excellent interactive map, by Stephen Oppenheimer, the author of
The Real Eve
However, I find his analysis confusing in one way: he starts the great migration ca. 85,000 years ago. In part this is the result of assuming (what has now been challenged) that humans were present in Australia by 60,000 years ago.
There is still not (as far as I know) complete agreement on this point.
A later book on this subject by Nicolas Wade, Before The Dawin, puts the migration date at 50,000 BCE.
There are a number of other problems with the other dates, of Oppenheimer. The sudden extinction of Australian mammals is in the 40k BCE range, suggesting the later arrival, etc,…
We shall see.