Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa
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- ISBN 9780759101180
- Weight: 839g
- Dimensions: 155 x 239mm
- Publication Date: 28 Dec 2006
- Publisher: AltaMira Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Pamela Willoughby provides a wide-ranging synthesis of current knowledge about the evolution of fully modern humans in Africa during the Middle Palaeolithic / Middle Stone Age. According to most scholars, our modern ancestors first emerged in Africa and then spread throughout the habitable world. Willoughby brings evidence from mitochondrial DNA, ancient fossils, and archaeological remains (including her own research in Tanzania) to bear on questions regarding the place of human species in nature, the specific origins of Homo Sapiens, and the dispersal of these modern humans throughout Africa and around the globe. She confronts straightforwardly the problems of dating the earliest modern humans, and she discusses the various alternative models of modern human origins, which will be debated for years to come. The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa is a compelling, thought-provoking book for both students and scholars.
Pamela R. Willoughby is Professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta.
