Stringer Chris
Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2002 Apr 29;357(1420):563-79. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2001.1057.
The question of the mode of origin of modern humans (Homo sapiens) has dominated palaeoanthropological debate over the last decade. This review discusses the main models proposed to explain modern human origins, and examines relevant fossil evidence from Eurasia, Africa and Australasia. Archaeological and genetic data are also discussed, as well as problems with the concept of 'modernity' itself. It is concluded that a recent African origin can be supported for H. sapiens, morphologically, behaviourally and genetically, but that more evidence will be needed, both from Africa and elsewhere, before an absolute African origin for our species and its behavioural characteristics can be established and explained.
现代人类(智人)的起源模式问题在过去十年一直主导着古人类学的争论。这篇综述讨论了为解释现代人类起源而提出的主要模型,并审视了来自欧亚大陆、非洲和澳大拉西亚的相关化石证据。还讨论了考古学和遗传学数据,以及“现代性”概念本身存在的问题。得出的结论是,从形态学、行为学和遗传学角度来看,智人最近起源于非洲是有依据的,但在确定并解释我们这个物种及其行为特征绝对起源于非洲之前,还需要来自非洲和其他地区的更多证据。