title: [Human origin and evolution. A review of advances in paleoanthropology, comparative genetics, and evolutionary psychology].
abstract: In his main work, "On the origin of species", Darwin has refrained from discusion of the origin of man; be only mentioned that his theory would "throw light" on this problem. This famous Darwin's phrase turned out to be one of the most succesful scientific predictions. In the present paper some of the most important recent adavnces in paleoanthroplogy, comparative genetics and evolutionary psychology are reviewed. These three disciplines currently contribute most to our knowledge of anthropogenesis. The review demonstrates that Darwin's ideas not only "threw light" on human origin and evolution; they provided a comprehensive framework for a great variety of studies concerning different aspects of anthropogenesis.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Markov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000883:Anthropology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003468:Cultural Evolution; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015186:Hominidae / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D010163:Paleontology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011584:Psychology