Modern human origins-distinguishing the models

African Archaeological Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-75

  Stringer, Chris ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African Hybridization and Replacement Model; African Replacement Model; Assimilation Model; Human evolution; Multiregional Models; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002854102     PISSN: 02630338     EISSN: 15729842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011079908461     Document Type: Article

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