Given that humans’ morphological and behavioral characteristics evolved at different rates, this question is a source of controversy. Indeed, paleontologists studying the physical origins of Homo sapiens will inevitably differ from archaeologists reconstructing ancient behavior over what constitutes an early modern human.
人的形态和行为特征的进化速度各有不同，因此这一问题颇具争议。事实上，研究智人生理起源的古生物学家必然会与重构构成早期现代人的远古行为的考古学家有所不同。