Comment by scubbo
2 hours ago
> Surely we can agree that eradicating non-native species is a good thing?
So...which areas is humanity native to?
2 hours ago
> Surely we can agree that eradicating non-native species is a good thing?
So...which areas is humanity native to?
If you mean that seriously: homo sapiens came into existence in Africa, existed solely there for a long time (generating lots of genetic diversity) and then spread throughout the world in multiple waves. It's complicated by the fact that there was no single location and population that became homo sapiens- it was more like a network of locations and populations that evolved concurrently (there was genetic exchange between them as they evolved from their predecessor species).
Depending on how you define it, I could see "parts of Africa" as being "native" but that doesn't really help this discussion.