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Africa

Every human alive has African ancestors. The genetic, fossil and archaeological record agree: Homo sapiens emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago, and a...

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Every human alive has African ancestors. The genetic, fossil and archaeological record agree: Homo sapiens emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago, and a small population that left between 70,000 and 60,000 years ago is the source of every non-African human. Key sections include: Africa. The continent.; Opening Where humans came from.; Chapter I The shape of the continent.; Chapter II The Sahara.; Chapter III The Sahel.; Chapter IV The Congo Basin.; Chapter V The East African Rift.; Chapter VI The Nile.; Chapter VII Out of Africa.; Chapter VIII Egypt and Nubia..

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  1. 01Africa. The continent.
  2. 02Opening Where humans came from.
  3. 03Chapter I The shape of the continent.
  4. 04Chapter II The Sahara.
  5. 05Chapter III The Sahel.
  6. 06Chapter IV The Congo Basin.
  7. 07Chapter V The East African Rift.
  8. 08Chapter VI The Nile.
  9. 09Chapter VII Out of Africa.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Egypt and Nubia.
  11. 11Chapter IX The Mali Empire.
  12. 12Chapter X The Swahili coast.
  13. 13Chapter XI The slave trades.
  14. 14Chapter XII The scramble.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Independence.
  16. 16Chapter XIV South Africa.
  17. 17Chapter XV Two thousand languages.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The youngest continent.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII The African Union.
  21. 21Chapter XIX The continent's economies.
  22. 22Chapter XX The Maghreb.
  23. 23Chapter XXI The Horn of Africa.
  24. 24Chapter XXII The megafauna.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII The world's music came from here.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV Nollywood.
  27. 27Chapter XXV The diaspora.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI The trajectory.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII An African shelf.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII Watch & read.
  31. 31Chapter XXIX Why Africa is the century's story.
  32. 32The end of the deck.
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