Původ našeho druhu Homo sapiens je diskutován na tzv. modelech původu moderních lidí, které ve svých krajních variantách vidí vznik H. sapiens buď skrze samostatnou speciační událost v Africe, nebo naopak prostřednictvím více takových událostí v různých regionech světa. V této debatě autoři většinou explicitně nedefinují, z jakého druhového konceptu vycházejí, z čehož pak plyne řada neporozumění. Cílem tohoto textu bylo poukázat, že přijetí nebo zamítnutí jednoho či druhého modelu může být z velké části závislé právě na použité definici druhu a že by jednotliví autoři měli předpoklady druhové definice, ze které vycházejí, jasně definovat.

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The origin of modern humans has been de­bated through the so called Models of modern human origins. In their extreme positions, the origins of Homo sa­piens are seen either as a single speciation event in Africa or as multiple events in different regions of the world. However, authors very often do not explicitly state their species definitions, which has led to many misunderstandings. The aim of this text was to show that accepting or declining one model or another can rely solely on the working species definition and that authors should explicitly state assumptions of a species definition they work with.