Race And Human Evolution: A Fatal Attraction, Second Edition - Softcover

Race and Human Evolution is a far-ranging account by leading researchers in the field that describes the latest scientific evidence and the conflicting theories about human evolution. Milford Wolpoff and Rachel Caspari argue that recent debates over the "African Eve" or "Out-of-Africa" theory reflects a long history of theories about human origins and race that has been fraught with social and political implications. The authors show that the evidence of the fossil record and genetic data support "Multiregionalism," which posits that for some two million years human populations have been entwined in a network of widespread peoples who evolved together because they met and interbred, giving the races today many ancestors, not a single common one.

Milford Wolpoff received his Ph.D. f rom the University of Illinois and is professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan. He i s the recipient of major grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Scienc es exchange program, and the University of Michiga n. Rachel Caspari received her Ph.D. fro m the University of Michigan, where she now teache s and is a research scientist. Wolpoff and Caspar i are married and live with their children in Chel sea, Michigan.