Charles Darwin's ancestors were originally from Africa

The evolutionary father Charles Darwin could never have imagined that DNA technology could help determine his ancestors' origins tens of thousands of years ago.

Two hundred years after Charles Darwin's birth (1809-1882), scientists from the Anthropological project determined that the father of evolution was descended from the Cro-Magnon, a migrant tribe. from Africa about 45,000 years ago.

After migrating north to the Middle East, Darwin's ancestors advanced west to Europe about 10,000 years later. In Europe, Cro-Magnon people were in conflict with the Neanderthals and with the time the Neanderthals were extinct.

As the Ice Age became worse, Cro-Magnon people moved to warmer lands in southwestern Europe and then became the main inhabitants of Europe 12,000 years ago.

The journey through this time was made possible with the help of Chris Darwin, a four-year-old grandson of Charles Darwin who immigrated to Australia in 1968 and is now a tour guide in the Blue Mountains belonging to west of Sydney. A Y chromosome analysis conducted by the Anthropological project shows that Chris Darwin, 48 years old, belonging to a clan called Haplogroup R1b, one of the very popular lineages in Europe and post direct walk of Cro-Magnon people.

Speaking at the announcement of research results at the Australian Museum on January 4, Chris Darwin likened his friend Charles Darwin, who first discovered and proved that all species evolved over time from ancestors. generally through the natural selection process, "will be fascinated by gene technology, the tool can re-source the species".

The Anthropological Project was launched in 2005 to collect and analyze DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Project manager Spencer Wells admitted that it would be surprising if the father of Evolutionary theory did not belong to the Haplogroup R1b group, which accounted for 70% of men in southern England./.