[OC] Animated genetic map reveals how human ancestors migrated across continents over thousands of years

Fascinating visualization! How does the animation account for recent genetic discoveries about interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans?

Does this suggest humanity started around what is now the Central African Republic? I had understood East Africa to have been the cradle of our species, so wonder if there has been some new development in our understanding. I would find it surprising if it was the case because we’re grassland adapted and central Africa is very thick jungle, a strange place for an upright ape to begin.