I have been working diligently on a paper about the origins ofthe modern humans

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I have been working diligently on a paper about the origins ofthe modern humans debate but i cant seem to put down on paper(or on my computer) what i am thinking. I am not sure if myinability to express what i am thinking is a side effect frommy auditory processing disorder that i was diagnosed as a youngchild as having, perhaps. Anyhow, i would very much appriciatereading a condenced version of what i am trying to say thatactually makes sence for once :) so i can better understand what iam trying to get across.
What i have been trying to say in this paper is that themodern human origins debate needs to be re-oriented, not further byexamining the two popular theories 1. the Out of Africa hypothesisand 2. the Multiregional theory but i feel that the larger terms ofdebate on the subject matter needs to be examined by evolutionarybiologists & evolutionary anthropologists. I contemplatethat instead of considering genetics and the aquired genotypiccharacteristics as influincing how Neanderthals gradually evolvedinto AMH (anatomically modern humans) over long periods of time,that environmental traits (aka phenotypic traits) deserve to bestudied more as being somewhat more responsiblw for shaping whyneanderthals acted the way they did and why the did not survive andAMH did. Again, i am seeking to expand the notion of environment asa fundamental evolutinary contribution. Thank you so much fortaking the time to read this and for considering helping me out. Itruly appriciate it. Respectfully, Kai I have been working diligently on a paper about the origins ofthe modern humans debate but i cant seem to put down on paper(or on my computer) what i am thinking. I am not sure if myinability to express what i am thinking is a side effect frommy auditory processing disorder that i was diagnosed as a youngchild as having, perhaps. Anyhow, i would very much appriciatereading a condenced version of what i am trying to say thatactually makes sence for once :) so i can better understand what iam trying to get across.
What i have been trying to say in this paper is that themodern human origins debate needs to be re-oriented, not further byexamining the two popular theories 1. the Out of Africa hypothesisand 2. the Multiregional theory but i feel that the larger terms ofdebate on the subject matter needs to be examined by evolutionarybiologists & evolutionary anthropologists. I contemplatethat instead of considering genetics and the aquired genotypiccharacteristics as influincing how Neanderthals gradually evolvedinto AMH (anatomically modern humans) over long periods of time,that environmental traits (aka phenotypic traits) deserve to bestudied more as being somewhat more responsiblw for shaping whyneanderthals acted the way they did and why the did not survive andAMH did. Again, i am seeking to expand the notion of environment asa fundamental evolutinary contribution. Thank you so much fortaking the time to read this and for considering helping me out. Itruly appriciate it. Respectfully, Kai

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A continued debate in anthropology concerns the evolutionary originof 'anatomically modern humans' (Homo sapiens sapiens).Different models have been proposed to examine the relatedquestions of (1) where and when anatomically modern humans firstappeared and (2) the genetic and evolutionary relationship betweenmodern humans and earlier human populations. Genetic data have beenincreasingly used to address these questions. Genetic data onliving human populations have been used to reconstruct theevolutionary history of the human species by considering how globalpatterns of human variation could be produced given differentevolutionary scenarios. Of particular interest are gene trees thatreconstruct the time and place of the most recent common ancestorof humanity for a given haplotype and the analysis of regionaldifferences in genetic diversity. Ancient DNA has also allowed adirect assessment of genetic variation in European Neandertals.Together with the fossil record, genetic data provide insight intothe origin of modern humans. The evidence points to an Africanorigin of modern humans dating back to 200 000 years followedby later expansions of moderns out of Africa across the Old World.What is less clear is what happened when these early modern humansmet preexisting 'archaic human' populations outside of Africa. Atpresent, it is difficult to distinguish between a model of totalgenetic replacement and a model that includes some degree ofgenetic mixture.

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