Multiregional continuity theory

현생 인류의 기원을 설명하는 두 가지 경쟁이론 중 하나. 현생 인류가 서로 다른 몇몇 장소/그룹으로부터 병렬적으로 진화해왔다는 이론. 이에 반대하는 이론으로 Out of Africa theory가 있다.

According to MCT, after the first migration from Africa 1.8 million years ago, the different groups of humans in different parts of the world slowly evolved in parallel with each other, all gradually becoming modern humans. According to this theory, the emergence of modern humans did not occur in a single area, but rather occurred in different regions of the world whereevery humans lived (hence the term multiregional). The multiregional evolution of the different groups into the anatomically modern human form occurred, according to MCT, as a consequence of Gene flow between the different groups, which mated enough to prevent divergence into separate species. —p25, Evolutionary psychology