COMonCA2007002

ABSTRACT: In the paper of Mellars in Science, the author combined the evidences from genetics and archaeology, and suggested an early migration route for modern humans. The earliest human population left Africa around 60,000 years ago, entered Asia via the south tip of the Red Sea, and arrived in South Asia and Southeast Asia rapidly, and on to Australia. Judging from the analysis of that paper, this southern route is very logical. However, this kind of analysis can not distinguish the potential later migrations out of Africa. After all, the early route suggested by Mellars is most likely the route that Australoid populations have gone through.

东向之旅:最早走出非洲的路线
蔡晓云
复旦大学生命科学学院现代人类学教育部重点实验室，上海200433

评论文献：Mellars P (2006) Going East: New Genetic and Archaeological Perspectives on the Modern Human Colonization of Eurasia. Science 313:796-800.

摘要：麦拉斯在《科学》上发表的论文中，结合了遗传学和考古学等方面的证据，推断最早走出非洲的人群是大约六万多年前通过红海南端进入亚洲，并且快速地到达南亚和东南亚，进一步到达澳洲的。从作者的分析看来，这一早期的路线是非常合理的。但是作者的分析并不能分辨其后可能存在的多次迁徙。所以作者提出的早期路线可能主要与澳大利亚人种有关。
关键词：非洲起源；南线迁徙；澳大利亚人种；旧石器证据

Focus on: Mellars P (2006) Going east: new genetic and archaeological perspectives on the modern human colonization of Eurasia. Science 313:796-800.

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