Forget out of Africa! Fossils reveal human farmers migrated BACK to the continent from Europe 3,000 years ago to populate it
The first modern humans are thought to have left Africa and began spreading around the world up to 100,000 years ago, but it seems some of our ancestors later decided to return to the continent.
A new study has revealed evidence of a reverse migration by Stone Age farmers from Europe to Africa which can still be seen today in the genomes of people from Africa.
Two teeth from a 35,000 year old woman discovered in Romania have provided evidence that a population of humans travelled back to Africa around 3,000 years ago.

A genetic study has provided evidence that a population of modern humans migrated from Europe to Africa around 3,000 years ago. The research found genetically material from a 35,000 year old female skull found in the Pestera Muierii cave in Romania matched genes found in modern African populations today