Southern Asia, Australia, and the Search for Human Origins

"This is the first book to focus on the role of Southern Asia and Australia in our understanding of modern human origins and the expansion of Homo sapiens between East Africa and Australia before 30,000 years ago. With contributions from leading experts that take into account the latest archaeological evidence from India and Southeast Asia, this volume critically reviews current models of the timing and character of the spread of modern humans out of Africa. It also demonstrates that the evidence from Australasia should receive much wider and more serious consideration in its own right if we want to understand how our species achieved its global distribution. Critically examining the 'Out of Africa' model, this book emphasizes the context and variabilityof the global evidence in the search for human origins"--

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• Authors: Robin (University of Exeter) Porr Dennell, Robin Porr Dennell
• Assisted by: Robin Dennell (Editor), Robin (University of Exeter) Dennell (Editor), Dennell Robin (Editor), Martin Porr (Editor), Martin (University of Western Australia Porr (Editor), Porr Martin (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2014
• EAN: 9781107017856
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01785-6
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Australia, prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Early Man, Archaeology by period / region, Prehistoric archaeology, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution