[Coyoteman]

I'm presently reading a book titled, Before The Dawn, by Nicholas Wade and he says that the migration of Modern Humans out of Africa was blocked for thousands of years by the Neanderthals in Europe and the Middle East.

I'm working on the same book. Only up to about chapter 3 at the moment.

I think I learned of it on one of your threads.

By the way, the Oppenheimer migration map has been superseded by new information in two instances that I know of. Haplogroups A and one haplotype of D seem to stem from one or more early coastal migrations running from Alaska down the California coast, most likely using watercraft. Haplogroup B, and the other haplotype of D, apparently traveled through the interior of the continent before reaching the west coast.

Things are changing very quickly in mtDNA studies! This information is new, from late 2006.

[blam]

"By the way, the Oppenheimer migration map has been superseded by new information in two instances that I know of."

I love it. Its and indication of the pace of discovery.

"I'm working on the same book. Only up to about chapter 3 at the moment."

I'm in the middle of chapter nine. It's a better book than I originally expected.

My next books to read are:

1. OriginsOf The British, Oppenheimer

2. The Maya(seventh edition), Michael Coe.