According to Professor Joseph Chang from Yale University (USA), everyone living on Earth today shares a common ancestor from people who lived approximately 3,500 years ago, likely originating in Asia.
Professor Chang has developed a detailed mathematical model of human migration by running various computer simulations of historical patterns, tracing the activities and reproductive capabilities of all ancient humans, and incorporating factors such as geographical obstacles to migration and world events to estimate the time frame for the most recent common ancestor of humankind.
Professor Chang concludes that all people could be 100th cousins or more. He stated, “The time of the most recent common ancestor lived in 1415 BC in a location in East Asia, and this starting point likely allowed subsequent generations to migrate rapidly to Europe, the Americas, and the islands in the Pacific.
These were ancient people who knew how to domesticate horses on the Ukrainian steppes, participated in the construction of the ancient pyramids of Khufu in Egypt, or hunted sloths – slow-moving tree-dwelling mammals – in North and South America.”
NGUYEN SINH
