Exactly how modern humans evolved is a subject of intense debate. This book deals with the evolution of modern humans from an archaic ancestor and the differentiation of modern populations from each other. The first section of the book investigates whether modern populations arose from regional archaic hominid groups that were already different from each other, and argues that in fact, most lines of evidence support a single, recent origin of modern humans in Africa. Dr. Lahr then goes on to examine ways in which this diversification could have occurred, given what we know from fossils, archaeological remains and the relationships of existing populations today.
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"...provides valuable insights and hypotheses on the possible ancient population dynamics of our species." John H. Relethford, The Quarterly Review of Biology
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There are two main theories as to how humans evolved. The first suggests that modern humans evolved from several regional groups of people, already different from one another, and the second, that there was a single ancestral group in Africa, In this exciting new book, Dr. Marta Lahr presents evidence from fossils, archaeological remains and studies of the relationships of modern populations to argue for the 'Out of Africa' option. This book will be a must for all those interested in human evolution.
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Death knell to multiregionalism,
This review is from: The Evolution of Modern Human Diversity: A Study of Cranial Variation (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) (Hardcover)
Dr Lahr's book provides an excellent rebuttal to the multiregionalists who believe their work is based on the fossil evidence, while the Out-of-Africanists are concerned with "suspect" genetic data. This book demonstrates how weak the case of multiregionalism actually is.
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Modern human diversity is a subject that interests anthropologists and non-anthropologists alike, and most people have a formed opinion as to the scale of diversity existing today. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zygomatic trigone, infraglabellar notch, narial margins, regional continuity traits, pterion articulation, zygomaxillary tuberosity, suprameatal tegmen, maximum parietal breadth, early modern fossils, other recent populations, early modern sample, malar length, modern cranial diversity, basicranial dimensions, superior toral margin, sagittal keeling, supraorbital projection, minimum frontal breadth, lateral facial flatness, nasal saddle, supreme nuchal lines, right temporal muscles, zygomaxillary tuberosities, alveolar plane, cranial superstructures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Pleistocene, Middle East, Djebel Irhoud, Nahal Ein Gev, Lagoa Santa, Kow Swamp, Middle Pleistocene, New Guinea, Tierra del Fuego, Border Cave, Klasies River Mouth, Fish Hoek, Upper Cave, South Africa, Nahal Oren, East Africa, China Kowloon, Urn Burials, Middle Palaeolithic, South American, Mjates River, Willy Kopje, South Burma, Australia Australia, Early Upp New!
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Modern human diversity is a subject that interests anthropologists and non-anthropologists alike, and most people have a formed opinion as to the scale of diversity existing today. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zygomatic trigone, infraglabellar notch, narial margins, regional continuity traits, pterion articulation, zygomaxillary tuberosity, suprameatal tegmen, maximum parietal breadth, early modern fossils, other recent populations, early modern sample, malar length, modern cranial diversity, basicranial dimensions, superior toral margin, sagittal keeling, supraorbital projection, minimum frontal breadth, lateral facial flatness, nasal saddle, supreme nuchal lines, right temporal muscles, zygomaxillary tuberosities, alveolar plane, cranial superstructures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Pleistocene, Middle East, Djebel Irhoud, Nahal Ein Gev, Lagoa Santa, Kow Swamp, Middle Pleistocene, New Guinea, Tierra del Fuego, Border Cave, Klasies River Mouth, Fish Hoek, Upper Cave, South Africa, Nahal Oren, East Africa, China Kowloon, Urn Burials, Middle Palaeolithic, South American, Mjates River, Willy Kopje, South Burma, Australia Australia, Early Upp New!
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- Ancestors: The Hard Evidence by Eric Delson on 5 pages
- Human Evolution by WOLPOFF in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- People in Change: Canada, Australia, New Zealand (The Taba program in social science) by Hilda Taba on page 29, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Pleistocene Old World: Regional Perspectives (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by Olga Soffer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Human Genetics by John B. Jenkins in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by Marc Oxenham on page 348
- Reflections Of Our Past: How Human History Is Revealed In Our Genes by John H Relethford in Back Matter
- Teeth (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology) by Simon Hillson in Back Matter
- Transitions Before the Transition: Evolution and Stability in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by Erella Hovers on page 274
- Geographical Genetics (MPB-38) (Monographs in Population Biology) by Bryan K. Epperson in Back Matter
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