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African Exodus:

The Origins of Modern Humanity
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Macmillan, Jun 15, 1998 - History - 304 pages
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Once in a generation a book such as African Exodus emerges to transform the way we see ourselves. This landmark book, which argues that our genes betray the secret of a single racial stock shared by all of modern humanity, has set off one of the most bitter debates in contemporary science. "We emerged out of Africa," the authors cont, "less than 100,000 years ago and replaced all other human populations." Employing persuasive fossil and genetic evidence (the proof is in the blood, not just the bones) and an exceptionally readable style, Stringer and McKie challenge long-held beliefs that suggest we evolved separately as different races with genetic roots reaching back two million years.
  

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Christopher Stringer's book, African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity is a thoughtful, very well-written and detailed presentation of the prevailing model associated with modern human origins ... Read full review

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Contents

The Kibish Engima A Personal Introduction
1
East Side Story
17
The Grisly Folk
54
Time and Chance
85
The Mother of All Humans
115
Footprints on the Sands of Time
149
Africans Under the Skin
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The Sorcerer
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Prometheus Unbound
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Notes
251
Index
271
Copyright

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African Exodus
African Exodus: the Origins of Modern Humanity. Chris Stringer and Robin mckie. Jonathan Cape, London. ISBN 0-224-03771-4. 267 pages, £18.99 hardback. ...
www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/ 1/ fletcher.html

African Exodus
The Kibish Enigma A Personal Introduction by Chris Stringer. All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw. I have never been able to trace the ...
www.nytimes.com/ books/ first/ s/ stringer-exodus.html

African exodus: the origins of modern humanity; Chris Stringer and ...
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Resources: African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity
Resources: African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity.
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African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity. Stringer, Chris and mckie, Robin. 1997. Publisher: Pimlico London; Our classification: Palaeontology ...
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Review : Laying bare the bones of humanity - 30 March 1996 - New ...
African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity by Chris Stringer and Robin mckie, Jonathan Cape, £18. 99, ISBN 0 224 03771 4 ANYONE who doesn't know that.
space.newscientist.com/ article/ mg14920234.900-review--laying-bare-the-bones-of-humanity.html

JSTOR: We Are All Children of Africa
THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION We Are All Children of Africa African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity by Christopher Stringer and Robin ...
links.jstor.org/ sici?sici=1077-3711(199723)17%3C134%3AWAACOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I

University of Nairobi African Philosophy Course (MA)
Reading: G. James, Stolen Legacy; Stringer, Christopher and Robin mckie, African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity; Asante, Molefi Kente and Abu S. ...
pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/ ~janzb/ afphil/ docs/ Afphilsyl3.htm

"The Quest for Human Origins" by Ina Belderis
The Quest for Human Origins. By Ina Belderis. Perhaps the most essential questions we can ask ourselves are Who am I? Where do I come from? and Where am I ...
www.theosophy-nw.org/ theosnw/ evol/ ev-ibel2.htm

The Evolution of Modern Humans
Title: African Exodus : The Origins of Modern Humanity. Format: Paperback. Author: Stringer, Christopher; mckie, Robin. Date: 01-JUN-98. ISBN: 0805058141 ...
www.nhm.ac.uk/ nature-online/ life/ human-origins/ fathom-evomodernhuman/ assets/ 28feat_evol_modern_humans.pdf

About the author (1998)

Dr. Christopher Stringer, the scientist responsible for the single-origin theory, is the director of the Human Origins Group at the Natural History Museum in London.

Robin McKie is the Science Editor of the Observer in London.

Bibliographic information

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TitleAfrican Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity
A John Macrae/Owl book
AuthorsChris Stringer, Robin McKie
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherMacmillan, 1998
ISBN0805058141, 9780805058147
Length304 pages
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History / Africa / General
Social Science / Anthropology / General
  
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