If you guys had been keeping up with recent scientific discoveries, both of you would be aware of this.   It was very big news in the media just 4 months ago.   But few people bother to read about science topics.  While these new discoveries have shed new light, they still confirm that the human race is native to Africa.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/world-s-oldest-homo-sapiens-fossils-found-morocco

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/science/human-fossils-morocco.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/07/oldest-homo-sapiens-bones-ever-found-shake-foundations-of-the-human-story

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/africa/inside-africa-morocco-homo-sapiens-fossils/index.html