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Originally Posted by Elspeth
I'm sure humans did know that Africa existed, but I don't know that it would have been because Africa was the birthplace of the species. When Darwin suggested that in the 19th century, he was met with a lot of opposition by many people who were sure that humans had originated in the Fertile Crescent in Asia.
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My point wasn't so much that they knew that that was where the humans species began but that as that was where they began people in Europe would have known the continent was there as they would have gone from Africa to Europe and continued contact throughout history.
I expressed myself extremely badly - I am sorry for that.
I hope you understand my point now. I am having a bad day and writing badly but hopefully I am getting clearer.