Anthropology

The Origin of Modern Humans and the Impact of Chronometric Dating

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Published:
Jul 14, 2014
1993
Pages:
256
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7 x 10 in.
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43 illus.

This volume of papers delivered to The Royal Society in February of 1992 explores the debate over the 鈥渟ingle center鈥 hypothesis of human origins versus 鈥渕ulti-regional evolution.鈥 Over the last five years there has been growing support for a recent 鈥淥ut of Africa鈥 origin of modern humans—based on fresh interpretations of the palaeoanthropological and archaeological evidence, new applications of physical dating techniques to important sites, and a greatly increased genetic data base on recent human variation and its geographical patterning. But there has also been a parallel growth of doubts about interpretations of the new evidence from some workers. This book provides a review of recent progress and allows some of these doubts to be aired and discussed.

In addition to the editors, the contributors are O. Bar-Yosef, A. M. Bowcock, P. Brown, H. J. Deacon, L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, J. D. Clark, R. Gr眉n, J.-J. Hublin, A. A. Lin, G. H. Miller, J. L. Mountain, H. P. Schwarcz, N. J. Shackleton, F. H. Smith, and M. Stoneking.

Originally published in 1993.

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