Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Assimilation Model Of Human Origins

Variant of the hybrid models of human origins; accepts an African origin for AMHs but disallows replacement or significant migration. Supports local speciation of AMHs as the result of orthogenesis, but allows for gene flow and changing environmental pressures. Advocated by F. H. Smith and E. Trinkaus.

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hybrid models of human origins (... Africa again and again model. See human origins.)
human origins models (Models of human origins fall generally into three clusters: (1) the polycentric models, (2) the ...)
Trinkaus, Erik (... The Emergence of Modern Humans (1989).)
polycentric models of human origins (... as the multiregional continuity model.)
Asian origin hypothesis (... and the multiregional continuity model of human origins.)