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How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth
Henry Holt and Company
March 2012
On Sale: March 12, 2012
320 pages
ISBN: 0805088911
EAN: 9780805088915
Kindle: B005XMK898
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Non-Fiction
A leading researcher on human evolution proposes a new
and controversial theory of how our species came to be
In this groundbreaking and engaging work of
science, world-renowned paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer
sets out a new theory of humanity's origin, challenging both
the multiregionalists (who hold that modern humans developed
from ancient ancestors in different parts of the world) and
his own "out of Africa" theory, which maintains that humans
emerged rapidly in one small part of Africa and then spread
to replace all other humans within and outside the
continent. Stringer's new theory, based on archeological and
genetic evidence, holds that distinct humans coexisted and
competed across the African continent—exchanging genes,
tools, and behavioral strategies. Stringer draws on
analyses of old and new fossils from around the world, DNA
studies of Neanderthals (using the full genome map) and
other species, and recent archeological digs to unveil his
new theory. He shows how the most sensational recent fossil
findings fit with his model, and he questions previous
concepts (including his own) of modernity and how it
evolved. Lone Survivors will be the definitive
account of who and what we were, and will change perceptions
about our origins and about what it means to be human.
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