Human origins may refer to: Human evolution, evolutionary process leading to anatomically modern humans Monogenism, a theory of human origins positing a common descent for all humans, debated in the 19th-century, gave way to Recent African origin of modern humans, the widely accepted theory of humans evolving in Africa then radiating globally Polygenism, an obsolete theory of human origin Multiregional origin of modern humans, a theory of humans evolving in multiple different places
See also Human evolution (disambiguation) Creation myth, a mythological narrative of human origins