Both my parents are British. I've always been a resident of the UK but you're saying that if I happened to be born whilst my mum was on holiday in Peru...I'm Peruvian?
What dictates your nationality?
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Both my parents are British. I've always been a resident of the UK but you're saying that if I happened to be born whilst my mum was on holiday in Peru...I'm Peruvian?
You passport does, your ethnicity would seem to be Dutch too... though with rather a lot of South African influence too... though I guess plenty of White South Africans were originally Dutch too.
that's what people once though, though IIRC there is now older evidence of humans elsewhere which challenges the idea that mankind started in Africa
Well, I guess to be more specific, your country of residence at the time of birth (e.g. where your birth was registered)
Depending on the laws in Peru,yes you could be Peruvian. Depending on what your parents decided you might be both a Peruvian and British national.
When you say that's what people once though, I assume you mean that's what people once thought?
I'd be interested on your source that challenges the prevailing OOA theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_African_origin_of_modern_humans
Ethnically no, legally yes if you qualify to register as such.
Wow, a far more recent study/find than I was expecting and very interesting links, thanks.
From a quick skim read, its worth noting that nothing I can see resembling what is said in the telegraph article has filtered into wikipedia's article (perhaps yet).
In any case, at this stage (so close to a major find) it's likely a little premature to suggest that OOA is what people/science used to think.
Considering our understanding of evolution, knowing where "modern" humans *insert snappy latin here* originated has a number of difficulties to overcome, when reviewing fossil records, however that find looks like it could prove massively important.
Wikipedia says themselves not to rely on Wikipedia on its own, you're supposed to just use it as a starting point and delve into the sources cited and find you're own.
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So if my parents were on holiday in Somalia for a week and my mum went into labour and gave birth to me there, I am in fact Somalian?
Even if it was born in the stable?
Surely the relevant part there (regarding it's species) is who the parents are... they're both dogs!
Obviously humans are all the same species though we can perhaps talk about ethnicity... nationality on the other hand is generally your passport and/or country of birth if they lay claim to you automatically as in the case of the USA etc..
Similar to the example i gave before. Apparently im peruvian just because that's where I was fired out of my mums clown hole.
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I think it's what you decide. Where your home is. In a psychological sense, not necessarily just where you live.
For example, when my family moved to England they became English. They spoke only English, etc. My siblings and I are the first generation born in England, but our parents and grandparents are as English as we are.
As another example, I know someone who has a UK passport, lives here most of the time and IIRC was born here, but they refer to Jamaica as their home. As a result, I consider them to be Jamaican because that's what they have decided.
For example, when my family moved to England they became English. They spoke only English, etc. My siblings and I are the first generation born in England, but our parents and grandparents are as English as we are.
As another example, I know someone who has a UK passport, lives here most of the time and IIRC was born here, but they refer to Jamaica as their home. As a result, I consider them to be Jamaican because that's what they have decided.
