ANT101H5 Lecture 11: Modern human origins

• School: UTM
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT101H5
• Professor: Sherry Fukuzawa

Document Summary

Origin of modern h. sapiens hypotheses: single origin /complete replacement / out of africa (eve) hypothesis (stringer & andrews, 1988) Origin of modern humans in africa, with later replacement of all of other homo species (including. Several populations in africa, asian & europe evolving together from 100,000 40,000 ya (haviland et al. , 2009) Anatomically modern humans 1st evolved in africa, with later disappearance of other homo species due to hybridization & replacement. Due to morphological continuity and inability of genetics to entirely disprove interbreeding some researchers favor limited admixture acknowledges likelihood of some fertile interbreeding between archaic and moderns. 1 st major dispersal out of africa . Probably followed a southern route all the way to the far east and australia. H. sapiens north to eurasia then west to europe proper. Americas followed shortly after colonization of siberia. Likely route sunda region in nw cross huge gaps of h2o. May have come by boats along the pacific coast.