title: Was North Africa the launch pad for modern human migrations?
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balter
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000883:Anthropology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005580:Fossils; D006801:Humans; D010161:Paleodontology; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013995:Time; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology