http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/007071833 ... 17207?vs=1Maybe if you read that very book you would not be do confused about this matter.
Or you could brush up on the latest genetic research:
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInfor ... ElYtEko7ccScientific evidence refuting the theory of modern humanity’s African genesis is common knowledge among those familiar with the most recent scientific papers on the human Genome, Mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosomes. Regrettably, within mainstream press and academia circles, there seems to be a conspicuous – and dare we say it – deliberate vacuum when it comes to reporting news of these recent studies and their obvious implications.
Australian historian Greg Jefferys explains that, “The whole ‘Out of Africa’ myth has its roots in the mainstream academic campaign in the 1990′s to remove the concept of Race. When I did my degree they all spent a lot of time on the ‘Out of Africa’ thing but it’s been completely disproved by genetics. Mainstream still hold on to it.”
Yes, some are motivated by a desire to “remove the concept of Race,” but others (who prefer to divide us) use the “myth” to help promote Afrocentrism, as illustrated by a book written by Professor Mary Lefkowitz and reviewed by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.:
“Not Out of Africa” [How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History] has sparked widespread debate over the teaching of revisionist history in schools and colleges. Was Socrates black? Did Aristotle steal his ideas from the library in Alexandria? Do we owe the underlying tenets of our democratic civilization to the Africans? Mary Lefkowitz explains why politically motivated histories of the ancient world are being written and shows how Afrocentrist claims blatantly contradict the historical evidence. “Not Out of Africa” is an important book that protects and argues for the necessity of historical truths and standards in cultural education.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Deputy Barnes', 'T')he oldest remains with Neanderthal attributes are found in Greece at Petralona, and are 700,000 years old with no African affinities whatsoever. Neanderthals evolved out of Eurasian protohumans like homo georgicus, older than any African subhuman. They later evolved or mutated in to Upper Paleolithic man, and there is evidence of this continuity throughout the fossil record. Upper Paleolithic man, if not entirely Neanderthal, genetically speaking, surely was 75% Neanderthal, at the very least. Out of Africa is a religion just like global warming, only someone who doesn't investigate carefully would believe in it. Those and people who just lie to themselves and others, consciously or not.
Your "consensus view" is totally different from what I read about current research in the field. You are welcome to your beliefs, but I hope you don't expect to be taken seriously, unless you can back them up.