# It began in Africa. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054 "2009-01-13T06:41:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054/1 "2009-01-13T06:41:06Z")
did it? I saw something on PBS about how they found a hobbit race in New Zealand. This will chage saying It Began in Africa in a deep voice forever less meaningful. /looking for link ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054/2 "2009-01-13T06:53:12Z")
Let me guess; the electric yellow has you by the brain banana. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054/3 "2009-01-13T06:56:55Z")
I always wanted to try that stuff…But as Hunter Thompson said you do not go looking for acid, it will find you when it thinks your ready. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054/4 "2009-01-13T06:59:47Z")
I would like to offer an equally insightful flash video to occupy your time: [http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf](http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf) ---
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054/5 "2009-01-13T07:00:11Z")
lots of words here www.last.fm/music/The+Chemical+Brothers/\_/It+Began+in+Africa not the link i was looking for… /still looking ---
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054/6 "2009-01-13T07:04:33Z")
400 cc brains right here > **[AOL Video - Serving the best video content from AOL and around the web](https://www.aol.com/video/)** > > The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos. this was something like the link I was looking for… ---
**Author:** ![jessesheeran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jessesheeran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessesheeran)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054/7 "2009-01-13T07:09:55Z")
last.fm link i posted was flaming indulge [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JWmdD0X_Ik) indulge I guess it is obvious to say AND THEN THERE WERE DRUMS it is always a color ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-began-in-africa/481054/8 "2009-01-13T08:20:44Z")
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