Chris Stringer

For the former professional football player, see Chris Stringer (footballer).

Christopher Brian Stringer FRS, better known as Chris Stringer, (born 1947) is a British anthropologist.

He is one of the leading proponents of the recent single-origin hypothesis or "Out of Africa" theory, which hypothesizes that modern humans originated in Africa over 100,000 years ago and replaced the world's archaic human species, such as Homo erectus and Neanderthals, after migrating within and then out of Africa to the non-African world within the last 50,000 to 100,000 years.

Life

He studied anthropology at University College London,^[1] and holds a PhD in Anatomical Science, and a DSc in Anatomical Science both from Bristol University.^[2]

He is a Research Leader in Human Origins at the Natural History Museum. He is director of the Ancient Human Occupation of Britain project. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society. He won the 2008 Frink Medal of the Zoological Society of London.

He has three children and lives in Sussex.

Publications

Papers

• C.B. Stringer & P. Andrews (11 March 1988), "Genetic and Fossil Evidence for the Origin of Modern Humans", Science 239 (4845): 1263–1268, doi:10.1126/science.3125610, PMID 3125610 

• Chris Stringer (18 February 1989), "The dates of Eden", Nature 331 (6157): 565–566, doi:10.1038/331565a0 

Books

• Stringer, Chris, ed. (1981), Aspects of human evolution: Symposium on human evolution, January 1980, London: Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0-850-66209-5 
• Stringer, Chris (1986), "The credibility of Homo habilis", in B. Wood, L. & Martin, P. Andrews (eds), Major topics in primate and human evolution, p. 266, ISBN 978-0521-11338-0 
• Chris Stringer (1989), "Neandertals, their contemporaries and modern human origins", in Giacomo Giacobini, Hominidae: Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Human Paleontology. Turin, September 28-October 3, 1987, pp. 351–356, ISBN 88-16-28026-3, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wTnWJGnBwgUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Giacobini+Hominidae&hl=en&ei=jRvcS6rVJZLg7AO9_sC_Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false 
• Peter Andrews & Chris Stringer (1989), Human Evolution: An Illustrated Guide, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-38824-4, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ke7_cl6tQ1EC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Chris+Stringer%22&hl=en&ei=JhDcS4WCF43u7APBsoiuBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false 
• Paul Mellars & Chris Stringer (Editors) (1989), The Human Revolution: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-069-108539-5 
• Chris Stringer & Robin McKie (1997), African Exodus. The Origins of Modern Humanity, New York: Henry Holt, ISBN 0-805-02759-9 
• Christopher B. Stringer, R.N.E. Barton, J.C. Finlayson (Editors) (2000), Neanderthals on the Edge: Papers from a Conference Marking the 150th Anniversary of the Forbes' Quarry Discovery, Gibraltar, Oxford: Oxbow Books, ISBN 978-184-217015-1 
• "Introduction to the fiftieth anniversary edition of The Piltdown Forgery" (pp.vii-x| and "Afterword: Piltdown 2003" (pp. 188–201). In The Piltdown Forgery By J. S. Weiner (2003) Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860780-6
• Chris Stringer & Peter Andrews (2005), The Complete World of Human Evolution, London & New York: Thames & Hudson .^[3] ISBN 0-500-05132-1
• Chris Stringer (2007), Homo britannicus. The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain, London: Penguin, ISBN 0-141-01813-5 ^[4]
• Chris Stringer (2011), The Origin of Our Species, London: Allen Lane, ISBN 978-1-846-14140-9 

References

1. ^ Stringer, C. (2006), Homo britannicus, p183, London: Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-141-01813-3
2. ^ University of Bristol Alumni - Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences
3. ^ "The Complete World of Human Evolution". The Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/business-centre/publishing/det_humevol.html. Retrieved 2009-01-19. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Stringer wins Kistler Book Award". The Natural History Museum. 13 March 2008. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2008/march/stringer-wins-kistler-book-award.html. Retrieved 2009-01-19. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Prof Chris Stringer's Home Page at Natural History Museum
• Natural History Museum Homo britannicus news (11 October 2006)
• Natural History Museum Neanderthal news (15 November 2006)
• AHOB Home Page
• World Land Trust Supporter news (Wednesday, 25 June 2008)
• The Genetic Evidence for Human Evolution Interview with Chris Stringer at Fathom.com
• Homo britannicus Archaeology award (13 November 2008)
• RESET Project
• Human Evolution book news (19 May 2005)

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