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Science 11 March 1988:
Vol. 239. no. 4845, pp. 1263 - 1268
DOI: 10.1126/science.3125610
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Science, Vol 239, Issue 4845, 1263-1268
Copyright © 1988 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Genetic and fossil evidence for the origin of modern humans

CB Stringer and P Andrews

Department of Palaeontology, British Museum (Natural History), London, England.

The origin of living Homo sapiens has once again been the subject of much debate. Genetic data on present human population relationships and data from the Pleistocene fossil hominid record are used to compare two contrasting models for the origin of modern humans. Both genetics and paleontology support a recent African origin for modern humans rather than a long period of multiregional evolution accompanied by gene flow.


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