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Discusses several theories of human anthropology concerning the Africa and the rest of the world evolutionary hypothesis. Assessment of the concept of continental divide; Weaknesses of the Multiregional Model; Trellis model of recurrent genetic interchange.

The article presents the author's comments on the study "Genes, Tribes, and the African History," by Scott Mac Eachern, which has been published within the issue. The author thinks that the development of greater chronological controls for rates of genetic change is very important. Referring to some of the social and political issues which accompany genetic research in Africa, the author feels the analysis given in the study should be extended.