When and where did modern humans emerge? What is the earliest evidence of modern

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When and where did modern humans emerge? What is the earliest evidence of modern human behavior, and to when does it date?

When did modern humans first leave Africa? Why did early humans leave Africa? Describe the two expansions that humans took out of Africa, where they went, and when.

How is human genetic variation distributed around the world? What is the patterning of genetic variation between African, European, and Asian populations?

How did early scientists classify human variation? Describe the history of the race concept including key figures Linnaeus, Blumenbach, Morton, and Boaz.

Define essentialism and scientific racism. What are these not good science?

What is the biological race concept? What is the scientific critique of the biological race concept as discussed in lecture and your reading?

How are culture and biology related? Examples?

What is evolutionary medicine? Why is this perspective important? Provide examples (fever, antibiotic resistance).

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Modern humans emerged about two lakhs year ago in Middle Awash, Ethiopia, East Africa. Earliest evidence of human behaviour are use of stone tools, and symbolic communication found in caves of South Africa ( near Mossel Bay coast). These evidence are around 164,000 years old.

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