Are We Homo Erectus?
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OUT-OF-AFRICA HYPOTHESIS

This hypothesis assumes that there was a recent common ancestral population of Homo sapiens that evolved from Homo erectus in Africa, and then this population spread across the world, in a relatively short time, replacing Homo erectus as they went and at the same time, evolving to the regionally different populations of Homo sapiens that we see today.

Are these both modern Homo?

drawing of archaic Homo sapiens found in many different parts of the world.

Are these both modern Homo?

A drawing of classical Homo sapiens from the Cro-Magnon site in France. Does the painted stripe on the nose signal a more intelligent Homo sapiens?

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INTRODUCTION
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MULTI-REGIONAL HYPOTHESIS
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OUT-OF-AFRICA HYPOTHESIS
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ANALYSIS OF HYPOTHESES
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EVIDENCE FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
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DISPUTED EVIDENCE
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AUSTRALIAN CONTROVERSY
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BEHAVIOURAL EVIDENCE
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CONCLUSION
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REFERENCES
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