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The expression “Theory of Africa” can have different meanings depending on the context. In history and anthropology, it often refers to the Out of Africa Theory, which explains that modern humans originated in Africa around 200,000 years ago and later migrated to other parts of the world, becoming the ancestors of all human populations.
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The Solutrean Hypothesis is an archaeological theory about the peopling of the Americas. It suggests that the first humans to arrive in North America may not have only come from Asia through the Bering Strait, but also from Europe during the Ice Age.
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The Coastal Migration Theory is one of the main explanations for how the first humans entered and spread across the Americas.
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The Land Bridge Theory (also called the Bering Land Bridge Theory) explains how the first humans are believed to have entered the Americas.