ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS (AMH)

John A. Matthews

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ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS (AMH)

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John A. Matthews
In:Encyclopedia of Environmental Change
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446247501.n175
Subject:Environmental Sciences (general), Environmental Technology, Policy & Management

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Ancestral forms of Homo sapiens whose anatomy is consistent with the range of variation exhibited by modern people. The earliest amh are up to 200,000 years old and differ from archaic humans in relation to such features as less robust skeletons, less prominent brow ridges, more prominent chins and more vertical foreheads.

John A.MatthewsSwansea University

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StringerC (2012) Lone survivors: How we came to be the only humans on Earth. London: Times Books.

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