describe regional continuity model and replacement model

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a. There are two models which explains the evolution of human beings.
b. Regional continuity model explains regional variation in the evolution of human beings.
c. It explains how â€‹Homo sapiens evolved at different rates in different regions.
d. Thus, the appearance of first humans is different in different parts of the World.

 Replacement model:
a. This model explains that human beings originated from a single region Africa, as the proof of early remains/fossils of modern human shave been found in Ethiopia.
b. According to this model, there is thus a similarity in human beings because of their common descent.
c. There is thus, a genetic homogeneity among human beings.
d.  The differences in physical appearance is because human beings migrated and adapted themselves.

 

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Regional continuity model and replacement model are two divergent views regarding the origin of modern humans. According to regional continuity model, there are multiple regions of human origin. It is based on the regional differences among human beings.
According to replacement model , modern humans originated in a single region , that is Africa.It is based on the enormous similarities amongst modern humans.  The earliest fossils of human from Ethiopia in Africa also supports the replacement model.Scholars who hold this view suggest that the physical differences that are observed today among humans are the result of their adaptation to the particular regions where they finally settled down.
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