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"Out of Africa" vs. "Multi-regionalism" revisited

Explore the rich debate between Milford H. Wolpoff and Chris Stringer in paleoanthropology and origins of humanity.

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A few months ago I exchanged some emails with Milford H. Wolpoff and Chris Stringer. These are the two figures who have loomed large in paleoanthropology and the origins of modernity human for a generation, and they were keen in making sure that their perspectives were represented accurately in the media. To further that they sent me some documents which would lay out their perspective, in their own words, and away from the public glare (as in, they're academic publications). Here is Wolpoff's 1984 manifesto of sorts of 'Multi-regionalism.' Much of the morphological material is totally opaque to me, but the basic evolutionary logic is rather clear. Stringer sent me two documents, a scientific paper and a more personal chapter of a book. These works predate recent developments, so they are of interest from a history of thought perspective. I'm not one of the personalities at the heart of this ...

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