multiregional evolution debate
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The multiregional evolution debate is a long-standing controversy in paleoanthropology over whether modern humans evolved regionally from archaic populations like Neanderthals or arose recently in Africa and then dispersed, replacing other hominins.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
paleoanthropological controversy
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scientific debate ⓘ |
| associatedWithScientist |
Alan Thorne
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Chris Stringer NERFINISHED ⓘ Franz Weidenreich NERFINISHED ⓘ Günter Bräuer NERFINISHED ⓘ Milford H. Wolpoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| began | mid 20th century ⓘ |
| concerns |
degree of gene flow among ancient human populations
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evolutionary relationship between archaic and modern humans ⓘ geographic pattern of modern human emergence ⓘ role of Neanderthals in modern human ancestry ⓘ role of archaic Homo erectus in modern human ancestry ⓘ |
| contrastsView |
regional continuity of human evolution
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single recent African origin of modern humans ⓘ |
| currentConsensusTrend | strong support for recent African origin with limited archaic admixture ⓘ |
| field |
human evolutionary biology
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paleoanthropology ⓘ physical anthropology ⓘ |
| hasImplication |
interpretation of race in biological anthropology
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understanding human biological diversity ⓘ |
| historicalPeak | late 20th century ⓘ |
| includesConcept |
admixture between modern and archaic humans
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population replacement ⓘ regional continuity ⓘ |
| involvesTheory |
assimilation model
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multiregional evolution model ⓘ recent African origin model ⓘ replacement model ⓘ |
| keyQuestion |
Did modern humans arise recently in Africa and then disperse?
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Did modern humans evolve regionally from archaic populations? ⓘ |
| methodologicalAspect | analysis of mitochondrial DNA ⓘ |
| methodologicalAspect |
analysis of nuclear genomic data
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comparison of cranial and skeletal traits across regions ⓘ |
| position1 | modern humans evolved in multiple regions from local archaic populations with gene flow ⓘ |
| position2 | modern humans originated recently in Africa and largely replaced other archaic humans ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Denisovan admixture
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Denisovans NERFINISHED ⓘ Homo erectus NERFINISHED ⓘ Homo sapiens dispersal ⓘ Neanderthal-modern human admixture NERFINISHED ⓘ Neanderthals NERFINISHED ⓘ Out-of-Africa migration NERFINISHED ⓘ archaic Homo sapiens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedByEvidenceType |
ancient DNA
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archaeological record ⓘ comparative anatomy ⓘ fossil morphology ⓘ genetic data ⓘ |
| topic | modern human origins ⓘ |
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