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Anthropology

Warpy

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3. Wherever there is food and water

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2026, 12:32 AM

19 hrs ago

we know humans have moved into it, often with astonishing speed.

What would be more shocking is if humans had stayed in one place.

After all, the oldest modern human remains were found in west Africa, not the east where we most likely evolved.

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