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The Genetics Of The Human Race

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The two gorillas living side by side in Africa will have DNA that is much different from each other than two humans living halfway across the world from each other. The reason for this is due to the fact that Gorillas have many different variations in their species. Humans on the other hand are not so different from each other meaning that there won’t be many genetic variations among humans. Therefore, humans will have a lot of similarities amongst each other. Through studying the ape’s mitochondrial DNA it is proven they have more genetic diversity than humans. Despite the fact humans are lot more divided geographically, living all over the world in many different cultures. The genetics of the human race is still very similar which shows an astounding difference between the evolution of Homo sapiens and Apes(Gorillas and Orangutan). The multiregional hypothesis is that the local populations in Europe, Asia, and Africa continued their indigenous evolutionary development from pre-modern, middle Pleistocene forms to anatomically modern humans. However, this theory denies the assumption that modern humans originated in Africa. In addition to asserting significant levels of gene flow throughout the populace in several different geographical locations. Thus this theory is a direct opposition to the “Out of Africa” theory. The “Out of Africa” or Replacement theory emphasizes that modern humans first evolved in africa and only one. After being exposed to

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