
The real Garden Of Eden has been traced to the African nation of Botswana, according to a major study of DNA.
Scientists believe our ancestral homeland is south of the Zambezi River in the country’s north.
The conclusion comes after the study of maternal genetic lineage of anatomically modern humans, finding it was closest to those living in the area, which includes northern Botswana, Namibia to the west and Zimbabwe to the east.
For 70,000 years, our ancestors thrived in the area before changes in climate turned what was Africa’s largest lake into what is now the Kalahari Desert.
This forced the population to migrate elsewhere between 130,000 and 110,000 years ago.
It also sparked the development of their genetic, ethnic and cultural diversity, the researchers said.
The first group to the northeast, the second to the southwest and the third remained in the area.
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SOURCE: Sky News