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==Ancient History==
==Ancient History==
===The start of humanity===
===The birth of humanity===
There are two leading geographical origins of humanity within mainstream evolutionist though. Firstly, is that modern humans ([[homo sapiens]]) arose in one place, namely Africa. The second view is that a pre-modern human [[specie]] migrated out of Africa and evolved in another part of the world.
There are two leading geographical origins of humanity within mainstream evolutionist though. Firstly, is that modern humans ([[homo sapiens]]) arose in one place, namely Africa. The second view is that a pre-modern human [[specie]] migrated out of Africa and evolved in another part of the world.


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====The Creationist model====
====The Creationist model====
There is another alternative model of origin within science that uses the biblical account of the [[global flood]] as its interpretive base. [[Noah]] and his sons ([[Shem]], [[Ham]], [[Japheth]]) repopulate the [[Earth]] after the flood after settling the land of the region of the [[Mount Ararat|mountains of Ararat]] or what is modern day Iran.  
An alternative model of human origin put forth by creation scientists uses the biblical account of the [[global flood]] as its interpretive base to describe the geographical region from which humanity originally migrated and populated the [[Earth]]. [[Noah]] and his sons, [[Shem]], [[Ham]], [[Japheth]], settle the land of the [[Mount Ararat|mountains of Ararat]] or what is modern day [[Iran]]. The biblical account puts forth a [[Table of nations]] to comprehend the dispersion of peoples during those ancient times.  


===Cushites===
===Cushites===


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
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