Sudan is the Origin of Humanity, Says Oxford Study

ACCORDING to the article below, everybody alive today came from one African country, Sudan. Also, an excerpt from World History says: "Kush was a kingdom in northern Africa in the region corresponding to modern-day Sudan. The larger region around Kush (later referred to as Nubia) was inhabited c. 8,000 BCE but The Kingdom of Kush rose much later."

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Article from Sudanow Magazine
Written by Ariana Baio
Dated 02 January, 2023 - full copy:

Sudan is the Origin of Humanity, Says Oxford Study

Everybody alive today came from one African country

Khartoum, Jan 1, 2023 (Sudanow) - It is well known that all humans alive today can be traced back to a common ancestor but a study may have found where that ancestor originates.

Researchers at the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute mapped the entirety of genetic relationships among humans to create the largest human family tree ever.

By combining modern and ancient human genomes data from eight different databases, the researchers were able to create a massive family tree.

This allowed them to see how a person’s genetic sequence relates to another using the points of the genome.

Everybody alive today came from one African country

Everybody alive today came from Sudan, according to study

“Essentially, we are reconstructing the genomes of our ancestors and using them to form a vast network of relationships,” Lead author Dr Anthony Wilder Wohns said.

 

“We can then estimate when and where these ancestors lived.”

Where they lived? Sudan, Africa.

All humans may have originated in modern-day Sudan, according to a study. Google Maps

Dr Wohns told Reuters, "The very earliest ancestors we identify trace back in time to a geographic location that is in modern Sudan.

“These ancestors lived up to and over 1 million years ago—which is much older than current estimates for the age of Homo sapiens—250,000 to 300,000 years ago. So bits of our genome have been inherited from individuals who we wouldn’t recognize as modern humans," Dr Wohns said.

Researchers used 3,609 individual genome sequences from 215 populations and samples that ranged from 1,000s to over 100,000 years.

By using a new method to compile the data, algorithms were able to predict where common ancestors were in evolutionary trees to explain some patterns of genetic variation.

The results were a network of almost 27 million ancestors.

“The power of our approach is that it makes very few assumptions about the underlying data and can also include both modern and ancient DNA samples,” Dr Wohns says.

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Sudan: Human Rights Groups condemn RSF deployment near World Heritage sites in N. Sudan

ONE day facial recognition technology will help convict Hemeti after his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. 

From Sudan Tribune
Dated Tuesday, 16 January 2024 - here is a copy in full:

Human Rights Groups condemn RSF deployment near archaeological sites in Sudan

RSF fighters pose at the Meroitic temples of Musawwarat and Naqaa on January 16, 2024

January 16, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – Human rights activists in Sudan have expressed grave concern over the deployment of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) personnel near two UNESCO World Heritage sites in northern Sudan, the Meroitic temples of Musawwarat and Naqaa.

The alarm was raised following the release of a video showing Rapid Support Forces personnel present in the Musawwarat area, home to the remarkable Al-Musawarat Al-Safra archaeological complex. The site, located 190 kilometres northeast of Khartoum, is renowned for its temples, shrines, statues, and other artefacts dating back to the Meroitic Kingdom.

Further fueling these concerns, social media pages affiliated with the paramilitary forces posted images of their troops touring the ruins of Naqaa and Musawwarat.

Shortly after these images emerged, the 3rd Infantry Division announced that it had engaged a group of RSF fighters using military aircraft and heavy artillery. This operation reportedly destroyed a significant portion of the RSF contingent and the pursuit of the remaining forces to the state borders.

In response to these developments, the Sudan Emergency Lawyers group released a statement condemning the RSF deployment within the vicinity of these archaeological sites, stating that such actions put them at grave risk. The statement also held the RSF fully responsible for the safety of these historical treasures.

Moreover, the Sudan Emergency Lawyers urged the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to take prompt action to safeguard these World Heritage sites by engaging with both parties to the conflict and ensuring their protection from harm.

The lawyers emphasized the significance of these ancient sites, noting that they contain a wealth of historical artefacts dating back to the Meroitic Kingdom and are protected under the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The statement also highlighted the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, which explicitly prohibits the use of cultural property or its surroundings for military purposes, emphasizing the need for both sides to uphold this international agreement. (ST)

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