In the replacement model of evolution, where did modern humans first evolve?
A) Africa
B)Asia
C)Europe
D)North America
E)South America

Question

In the replacement model of evolution, where did modern humans first evolve?
A) Africa
B)Asia
C)Europe 
D)North America 
E)South America

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The most widely accepted hypothesis for the evolution of modern humans from archaic, or early humanlike hominins is referred to as the replacement model, or out-of-Africa hypothesis, which proposes that modern humans evolved from archaic humans only in Africa, and then modern humans migrated to Asia and Europe, where they replaced the archaic species about 100,000 years bp before the present).

In the Replacement Model of Evolution, Where Did Modern Humans