• Question: Who was the first person on the planet and which country?

    Asked by simi to Lauren, Marisol, Michael, Sarah, Sophie on 8 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Michael Rivera

      Michael Rivera answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      Big question – great!

      DNA studies have shown us that the first woman on the planet ever lived around 200,000 years ago in East Africa. The first man on the planet ever also lived around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago around the African countries of Ethiopia, Kenya or Tanzania.

      If you’re curious to find out more, I would definitely look up ‘Mitochondrial Eve’ and ‘Y-chromosomal Adam’! But maybe ask your science teacher or biology teacher to help you with understanding it! DNA studies can be quite complicated sometimes!

      Michael 🙂

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