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Out of Africa Theory vs Multi-Regional Theory. In 1927, near Beijing Davidson Black uncovered the remains of a human-like ancestor that would rock the world of anthropologists. Originally a single tooth, excavations would reveal several skullcaps and mandibles, facial and limb bones of 40 skeletons.
In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans or the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA) is the most widely accepted model of the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens).
Feb 10, 2022 · A 1.5 million-year-old vertebra from an extinct human species unearthed in Israel suggests that ancient humans may have migrated from Africa in multiple waves, a new study finds. Although modern...
The Out of Africa theory is the most widely accepted explanation for the origins of modern humans. The theory states that all humans originated in Africa and that we subsequently migrated out of the continent over time. This theory is supported by a variety of evidence, including genetic studies, fossil records, and archaeological finds.
It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that, in the course of the exodus of Homo sapiens out of Africa, variation in migratory distance from the cradle of humankind in East Africa to various settlements across the globe affected genetic diversity and has had a long-lasting hump-shaped effect on the pattern of comparative ...
- Quamrul Ashraf, Oded Galor
- 10.1257/aer.103.1.1
- 2013
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The “Out of Africa” hypothesis is an evolutionary theory of modern human origin that posits that modern humans arose in the late Pleistocene, about 100,000–200,000 years ago, in Africa.
Jul 18, 2007 · The new data support the single origin, or "out of Africa" theory for anatomically modern humans, which says that these early humans colonized the planet after spreading out of the...
