Chris Stringer (born 1947) is a British anthropologist and one of the leading proponents of the recent single-origin hypothesis or "Out of Africa" theory, which hypothesizes that modern humans originated in Africa over 100,000 years ago and replaced the world's archaic human species, such as Homo erectus and Neanderthals, after migrating from Africa to the non-African world within the last 50,000 to 100,000 years. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Anthropology (/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/ from Greek grc ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, "human" -λογία -logia) is the study of In Paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans is one of two hypotheses of the origin of anatomically modern humans Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Homo erectus ( Latin: "upright man" is an extinct species of the genus Homo, believed to have been the first hominin The Neanderthal (neɪˈændərtɑːl also with /niː-/ and /-θɔːl/ or Neandertal, is an extinct member of the Homo genus that is known from He is a Research Leader in Human Origins at the Natural History Museum. The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum He studied anthropology at University College London^[1] and holds a PhD in Anatomical Science and a DSc in Anatomical Science both from Bristol University. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London the University (or derivatives but lower-case when referring to many universitiesor universities ^[2] He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660

He has three children and lives in Sussex. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. His recent authored or co-authored books include African Exodus, The Complete World of Human Evolution and Homo britannicus.

References

1. ^ Stringer, C. (2006), Homo britannicus, p183, London: Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-141-01813-3
2. ^ University of Bristol Alumni

External links

• Natural History Museum Home Page
• Natural History Museum Homo britannicus news
• Natural History Museum Neanderthal news
• AHOB Home Page
• The Genetic Evidence for Human Evolution by Chris Stringer at Fathom.com

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