Males dominated 'out-of-Africa' migration 60,000 years ago

December 22, 2008 A visitor looks at an exhibit comparing Neanderthals to Homo sapiens in Chicago, USA

A replica of Homo sapiens idaltu, which dates from 160,000 years ago and was discovered in the Afar Region of Ethiopea, displayed at the Africa Pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Nagakute, Japan, April 2005. Men significantly outnumbered women in the "out-of-Africa" migration some 60,000 years ago that eventually populated the rest of the world, according to a new study.

Men significantly outnumbered women in the "out-of-Africa" migration some 60,000 years ago that eventually populated the rest of the world, according to a new study.

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