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Multiregional Theory
The Multiregional Continuity Model of human evolution contends that after Homo erectus left Africa and dispersed into other portions of the Old World, regional populations slowly evolved into modern humans. This theory contrasts with the Out of Africa Model, which asserts that modern humans evolved relatively recently in Africa, migrated into Eurasia and replaced all populations which had descended from Homo erectus.
Sites in Multiregional Theory
The Current Debate Between the Multi-Regional and Single Origin Theories of Human Evolution
Academic overview of the two theories, by Holly Sherard.
Human Evolution Alive with Controversy
Summary of the Out-Of-Africa debate, by Dr. George Johnson.
Mitochondrial DNA Clarifies Human Evolution
Technical article describing recent DNA studies and evolution hypotheses, by Max Ingman.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Further Controversy on Human Origins
Article about Mungo Man's support for the regional continuity theory.
Multiregional Evolution
Summary of claims from the polygenic side of the modern human origins debate, by James Q. Jacobs.
Origins of Modern Humans: Multiregional or Out of Africa
Analysis in support of the Out of Africa model, by Dr. Donald Johanson.
PBS NewsHour: Rethinking Evolution
Transcript of an interview with the Director of the Human Origins Project.
Nature: Humans Did Come Out of Africa, Says DNA
Evidence that we are all descended from a single ancestral group that lived in Africa.
Time: Rewriting Prehistory
A team of researchers concludes that Chinese, like everyone else, came out of Africa.
EXN.ca: An Evolution Revolution
Article on Nanjing Man's role in the multi-regionalism theory.
Multiregional Evolution
Articles and theories, by Andrew Giles.
Scientific American: Is Out of Africa Going Out the Door?
Reanalysis of gene studies and new fossil evidence cast doubts of a popular theory of human origins.
Multiregional Evolution of Humans
The 'out of Africa' model of human evolution is criticised.
PINTUBI-1, A Modern Australoid Points to the Past
Article describing an Australian hominid skull, as evidence for the multiregional theory.
Kow Swamp: Is it Homo Erectus? Part II
Paleoanthropology article about the Australian hominid fossils, with several illustrations.
Fossil Hominids: The Evidence for Human Evolution
An overview of human evolution, summarizing current thinking and describing the fossil evidence for Australopithecus and Homo. |
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