Op zaterdag 1 april 2023 om 23:07:21 UTC+2 schreef JTEM is so reasonable:
I am very intrigued by your introduction of a retrovirus that entered
the African "Ape" population 3 to 4 million years ago but is not
found in Asian species nor humans.
It seems clear evidence for "Out of Asia" but none the less it would
be interesting to see if the mouth breathers could at least attempt
a model that allowed for the Homo line to be exposed to but later
lose the genetic holdovers to this infection.
These RV data have been know for decennia, but (as usual?) neglected.
You know my hypothesis (incl. solution of the RV data):
- the late-Miocene HPG LCA lived in swamp forests of the then incipient Red Sea, google "aquarboreal",
- 8 of 7 Ma, Gorilla followed the then incipient northern-Rift -> Afar: Lucy etc.
- perhaps 5.33 Ma (Zanclean mega-flood: Francesca Mansfield), the Red Sea opened into the Gulf:
-- Pan went right -> W.Afr.coastal forests -> incipient southern-Rift -> Transvaal australopiths,
-- Pliocene Homo went left -> S.Asian coasts -> early-Pleist.H.erectus Mojokerto etc.:
google "coastal dispersal Pleistocene Homo".
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