6 How do atoms absorb & emit light? â¢ Key idea: Energy â¢ A photon carries energyâ¢ Electron in orbit has energy because it is moving and it is pulled by nucleus. â¢ When atom absorbs photon, energy of photon promotes electron to higher energy.
Until now, researchers believed that homo sapiens, the direct descendants of modern man, evolved in Africa about 200,000 years ago and gradually migrated north, through the Middle East, to Europe and Asia.
The origin of modern humans in Africa explains why today's Africans are more genetically variable than other populations --- they were the first human population to expand, and other populations (like those of Europe and Asia) were founded later.