The evolution of modern humans in Africa a comprehensive guide
Pamela Willoughby provides a wide-ranging synthesis of current knowledge about the evolution of fully modern humans in Africa during the Middle Palaeolithic / Middle Stone Age. According to most scholars, our modern ancestors first emerged in Africa and then spread throughout the habitable world. Wi...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Lanham ; New York ; Toronto ; Plymouth, UK
AltaMira Press
2007
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| Schriftenreihe: | African archaeology series
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| Zusammenfassung: | Pamela Willoughby provides a wide-ranging synthesis of current knowledge about the evolution of fully modern humans in Africa during the Middle Palaeolithic / Middle Stone Age. According to most scholars, our modern ancestors first emerged in Africa and then spread throughout the habitable world. Willoughby brings evidence from mitochondrial DNA, ancient fossils, and archaeological remains (including her own research in Tanzania) to bear on questions regarding the place of human species in nature, the specific origins of Homo Sapiens, and the dispersal of these modern humans throughout Africa and around the globe. She confronts straightforwardly the problems of dating the earliest modern humans, and she discusses the various alternative models of modern human origins, which will be debated for years to come. "The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa" is a compelling, thought-provoking book for both students and scholars Foreword / by Joseph O. Vogel -- Modern human origins : a people without history -- Historical perspectives : the place of humans in nature -- The palaeoenvironmental context : the origin and dispersal of modern humans -- The chronological framework : dating the appearance and spread of homo sapiens -- Out of Africa : when and how many times : alternative models of modern human origins -- Mitochondrial Eve and the Middle Stone Age : genetics and human variation -- The fossil hominin evidence -- The archaeological evidence from North Africa -- The archaeological evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa I -- The archaeological evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa II -- Conclusions: What does it mean to be a modern homo sapiens? |
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| Beschreibung: | XXI, 439 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 0759101183 0759101191 9780759101180 9780759101197 |