Anatomically modern humans first appear in the fossil record in Africa about 195,000 years ago ( see Omo remains ) , and studies of molecular biology give evidence that the approximate time of divergence from the common ancestor of all modern human populations was 200,000 years ago .
Anatomically modern humans first appear in the fossil record ] in Africa about 195,000 years ago , and studies of molecular biology give evidence that the approximate time of divergence from the common ancestor of all modern human populations was 200,000 years ago .