ANTA01H3 Chapter : ANTA01 Ch 10
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Ch 10: the evolution & nature of modern humanity. Modern-looking ppl existed for 200 00 yrs. Multiregional evolution (mre) model (wolpoff), the hypothesis that homo sapiens is abt 2 million yrs old & that modern human traits evolved in geographically diverse locations & then spread through the species through gene flow. > homo erectus spread throughout the old world, evolving genetic & phenotypic differences due to a variety of env t cond t = homo sapiens. > a variable species- but a single species. > transitional traits should be found in many locations. > features characteristic of a given location should appear in premodern & modern pop n there. > no biological definition of modernity (no set of modern traits that s lacking among premoderns) 98, portugal child who lived 25 000 ya was found; protruding chin, proportionately small front teeth, robust bones= hybrid btw neanderthals & anatomically modern humans.
