Probably not. What I think you mean here is something called the "multiregional human origin" hypothesis, which isn't well supported. The current model is that the vast majority of human ancestry, including what makes us identifiably human, originated in Africa. When anatomically modern humans left Africa, they incorporated and replaced archaic humans in other parts of the world. Those archaic ancestors are largely invisible in modern populations and only become visible with genetic tools.
If you actually mean within Africa, we currently don't have a great model for archaic human population structure. However, I've never read a reputable paper drawing a line between archaic population structure and differences in modern populations. I suspect none exist.
Probably not. What I think you mean here is something called the "multiregional human origin" hypothesis, which isn't well supported. The current model is that the vast majority of human ancestry, including what makes us identifiably human, originated in Africa. When anatomically modern humans left Africa, they incorporated and replaced archaic humans in other parts of the world. Those archaic ancestors are largely invisible in modern populations and only become visible with genetic tools.
If you actually mean within Africa, we currently don't have a great model for archaic human population structure. However, I've never read a reputable paper drawing a line between archaic population structure and differences in modern populations. I suspect none exist.
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All modern humans are descended from archaic humans. That's how evolution works.
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