We all came out of Africa - I forget how few people the entire population of the world has been researched back to. Only a couple of thousand, I believe.

The Human population has crashed due to natural disasters over time, way back in prehistory Humans were very much a diverse lot - but from combined research into the fossil record, such as it is, and DNA, from those willing to give permission to use it, seems to indicate that there was a time when the entire Human race was reduced down to a few small family groups in Africa.

By analysing the gradual changes in people worldwide, following the DNA trail back reveals where groups separated and developed different small changes after they were isolated from eachother.

It can even be shown where male invaders brought women with them and where not.

The book 'The Blood of the Isles' which I do not have to hand so I can't tell you the publisher or author, is an interesting read on this subject.

There are some oddities which show up unexpected genetic differences, and coupled with a few fossil finds of individuals with both Neanderthal and Sapiens features it does suggest that there was interbreeding.

The concepts of 'pure bred' or Uber/Unter menchen, are all based on a falacy.

We are all of one blood, all decended from a few survivors.

Some people took a different fork in the valley, or found a place to cross a river, or spotted something that looked good for dinner and went after it - and that is all that makes them different now.

Anne the Pleater