IN CONTEXT
Migration
c.200,000 years ago Homo sapiens (modern human) evolves in Africa.
c.125,000–45,000 years ago Groups of Homo sapiens expand out of Africa.
c.50,000–30,000 years ago Denisovan hominins are present in south-central Russia.
45,000 years ago Homo sapiens arrives in Europe.
c.40,000 years ago The Neanderthals die out. Their last known sites are on the Iberian peninsula.
c.18,000 years ago Homo floresiensis fossils date from this time.
c.13,000 years ago Humans are present near Clovis, New Mexico, but may not be the continent’s first humans.
Modern humans are the only truly global mammal species. Since evolving in Africa around ...
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