CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 11

The Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans

Chapter Outline

Approaches to Understanding Modern Human Origins

The Earliest Discoveries of Modern Humans Something New and Different: The "Little

People" Technology and Art in the Upper Paleolithic Summary of Upper Paleolithic Culture

Focus Question

How can we determine when and where modern people first appeared?

Homo sapiens

All contemporary populations are placed within H. sapiens.

Homo sapiens

Most paleoanthropologists agree that fossil forms dating back as far as 100,000 ya should also be included in the same fully modern group as modern humans.

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