The Evolution of Modern Human Diversity: A Study of Cranial Variation.

Abstract

1. Introduction 2. The modern human origins debate Part I. Multiregional Evolution as the Source of Human Cranial Diversity: 3. The morphological basis of the multiregional model 4. The regional expression of the East Asian and Australian continuity traits 5. Temporal distribution of the 'Regional Continuity Traits' in late Pleistocene hominids 6. The independence of expression of the 'Regional Continuity Traits' 7. Multiregional evolution as the source of recent regional cranial diversity a review Part II. The Evolution of Modern Human Cranial Diversity from a Single Ancestral Source: 8. Cranial variation in Homo sapiens 9. Morphological differentiation from a single ancestral source 10. Geographical differentiation from a single ancestral source 11. The evolution of modern human cranial diversity 12. Final conclusions References Index.