The Most Likely Explanation for the Evolution of Modern Human

question 47

Multiple Choice

The most likely explanation for the evolution of modern human behavior is that

• A) the components of modern human behavior and technology gradually evolved in Africa along with modern human morphology over a period of about 200,000 years.
• B) there was a human revolution in Asia 45,000 years ago.
• C) what seems like a revolutionary change in Europe simply reflects the migration of modern people from Asia to Europe.
• D) modern human behavior arose 12,000 years ago with the advent of Mode 4 tool industries.

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