Chris Stringer

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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. He is a Research Leader in Human Origins at the Natural History 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.[2] He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He has three children and lives in Sussex. His recent authored or co-authored books include African Exodus, The Complete World of Human Evolution and Homo britannicus.

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

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