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Multiregional origin of modern humans

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The multiregional hypothesis is a theory (held by a minority of paleontologists) of how anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens sapiens, evolved with a worldwide distribution. The multiregional hypothesis holds that the evolution of humanity from the beginning of the Pleistocene 1.8 million years BP to the present day has been within a single, continuous human species, evolving worldwide from Homo erectus to modern Homo sapiens.[1]

Part of the series on Human evolution
Hominini

Sahelanthropus tchadensis • Orrorin tugenensis • Ardipithecus • Kenyanthropus platyops

Australopithecines

Australopithecus: A. anamensis • A. afarensis • A. bahrelghazali • A. africanus • A. garhi
Paranthropus: P. aethiopicus • P. boisei • P. robustus

Humans and Proto-humans

Homo: H. habilis • H. rudolfensis • H. georgicus • H. ergaster • H. erectus (H. e. lantianensis • H. e. palaeojavanicus • H. e. pekinensis • H. e. nankinensis • H. e. wushanensis • H. e. yuanmouensis • H. e. soloensis) • H. cepranensis • H. antecessor • H. heidelbergensis • H. neanderthalensis • H. rhodesiensis • H. floresiensis • Archaic Homo sapiens • Anatomically modern humans (H. s. idaltu • H. s. sapiens)

Topics: Timeline of human evolution • List of human evolution fossils • Human evolutionary genetics
Models: Recent African origin• Multiregional evolution
  1. ^ Wolpoff, MH; Hawks J, Caspari R (2000). "Multiregional, not multiple origins". Am J Phys Anthropol 112 (1): 129-36. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/71008905/abstract. 
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