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Upper Pleistocene Human Dispersals out of Africa : A Review of the Current State of the Debate
Author
Source
International Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Although there is a general consensus on African origin of early modern humans, there is disagreement about how and when they dispersed to Eurasia.
This paper reviews genetic and Middle Stone Age/Middle Paleolithic archaeological literature from northeast Africa, Arabia, and the Levant to assess the timing and geographic backgrounds of Upper Pleistocene human colonization of Eurasia.
At the center of the discussion lies the question of whether eastern Africa alone was the source of Upper Pleistocene human dispersals into Eurasia or were there other loci of human expansions outside of Africa? The reviewed literature hints at two modes of early modern human colonization of Eurasia in the Upper Pleistocene: (i) from multiple Homo sapiens source populations that had entered Arabia, South Asia, and the Levant prior to and soon after the onset of the Last Interglacial (MIS-5), (ii) from a rapid dispersal out of East Africa via the Southern Route (across the Red Sea basin), dating to ~74–60 kya.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Beyin, Amanuel. 2011. Upper Pleistocene Human Dispersals out of Africa : A Review of the Current State of the Debate. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-485299
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Beyin, Amanuel. Upper Pleistocene Human Dispersals out of Africa : A Review of the Current State of the Debate. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-485299
American Medical Association (AMA)
Beyin, Amanuel. Upper Pleistocene Human Dispersals out of Africa : A Review of the Current State of the Debate. International Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-485299
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-485299