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Out of Africa

Out of Africa noun: a model of the geographic origin and early migration of hominins (Out of Africa I) and modern humans (Homo sapiens) (Out of Africa II) that posits ancient dispersal across the globe from an origin in southern Africa.

Noun

Out of Africa

  1. (attributive) A model of the geographic origin and early migration of hominins (Out of Africa I) and modern humans (Homo sapiens) (Out of Africa II) that posits ancient dispersal across the globe from an origin in southern Africa.

Questions about Out of Africa

What does Out of Africa mean?
Out of Africa means a model of the geographic origin and early migration of hominins (Out of Africa I) and modern humans (Homo sapiens) (Out of Africa II) that posits ancient dispersal across the globe from an origin in southern Africa.
What part of speech is Out of Africa?
Out of Africa is a noun.

Words near Out of Africa in the dictionary

  1. out loud
  2. out of
  3. out of a job
  4. out of a nightmare
  5. out of action
  6. Out of Africa
  7. out of all proportion
  8. out of battery
  9. out of bed
  10. out of book
  11. out of both sides of one's mouth

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