Multiregional Theory Human Evolution

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.

• - An overview of human evolution, summarizing current thinking and describing the fossil evidence for Australopithecus and Homo.
  
• - Academic overview of the two theories, by Holly Sherard.
  
• - Paleoanthropology article about the Australian hominid fossils, with several illustrations.
  
• - Analysis in support of the Out of Africa model, by Dr. Donald Johanson.
  
• - A team of researchers concludes that Chinese, like everyone else, came out of Africa.
  
• - Technical article describing recent DNA studies and evolution hypotheses, by Max Ingman.
  
• - Article on Nanjing Man's role in the multi-regionalism theory.
  
• - The 'out of Africa' model of human evolution is criticised.
  
• - Summary of the Out-Of-Africa debate, by Dr. George Johnson.
  
• - Transcript of an interview with the Director of the Human Origins Project.
  
• - Article describing an Australian hominid skull, as evidence for the multiregional theory.
  
• - Articles and theories, by Andrew Giles.
  
• - Evidence that we are all descended from a single ancestral group that lived in Africa.
  
• - Article about Mungo Man's support for the regional continuity theory.
  
  

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