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[jackshoegazer]

I don't exactly understand why both the Out of Africa theory and the Multiregional theory can't both be true.  As H.sapiens moved out of Africa, there was gene flow as they interbred and replaced the previous hominins.  Easy-peasy.



The cultural anthropology class I need to graduate got canceled due to lack of faculty.  So I will be taking other ethnology-centric anthro courses without having first taken the pre-req.  I am like so looking forward to that.  I'm one more major annoyance away from saying fuck-all to an anthro degree.  If this was happening earlier in my academic career, I'd have done it already, but as I am, I may as well finish it.  Oh, and to replace that class, I will now be taking both British Literature Pre-1750 and British and Anglophone Literature 1750-Present.  Yes, I will be learning the entire canon of British literature in one semester. Uh, yay?

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[c-maxx.livejournal.com]

I kind of agree with the multi-regional tho perhaps the common ancestor of the diverse interbred varieties was in one place.

Who know, huh? We used to follow Leakey in National Geog; Mom trained as a paleontologist, so we all had Rocks in our heads.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I much prefer the multi-regional theory, but that theory doesn't account for the matrilineal DNA that is the backbone of OoA. We need a theory that elegantly includes both.

That's awesome. My dad liked racecars, so I know how to change the oil in my car.