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Refers to a strait of water located between modern-day Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and the African countries of Djibouti and Eritrea.
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The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is primarily used with regard to modern times as a means to transport large amount of oil via its connection to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. According to the African origin of modern human’s hypothesis, the Bab-el-Mandeb holds a significant role of importance in the dispersal from Africa.
The Bab-El-Mandeb Strait and its Evolutionary Importance
In order to understand the importance of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, it is imperative to have a basic understanding of the African origin of modern humans. The African origins theory, also referred to as the “Out of Africa Theory,” states that the early migration of modern humans, otherwise known as Homo sapiens, evolved and eventually the African continent. According to So and so, “Currently available genetic and archaeological evidence...
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Primavera, N. (2018). Bab-El-Mandeb Strait. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_376-1
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