摘要：This research advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of theprehistoric exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory distance to varioussettlements across the globe a.ected genetic diversity and has had a persistent hump-shapede.ect on comparative economic development, re.ecting the trade-o. between the beneficial andthe detrimental e.ects of diversity on productivity. While the low diversity of Native Americanpopulations and the high diversity of African populations have been detrimental for the develop-ment of these regions, the intermediate levels of diversity associated with European and Asianpopulations have been conducive for development
