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New evidence has provided proof of ancient humans crossing the Alps, show casing the adaptability and resilience of Homo sapiens 45,000 years ago.

Evidence of modern humans inhabiting China 45,000 years ago has been found at the Shiyu archaeological site, marking it as the oldest Homo sapiens site discovered in China!

A recent reexamination of the Shiyu archaeological site in northern China revealed humans inhabited parts of the region 45,000 years earlier than we thought.

Human dispersal is a prominent topic in archaeology and palaeoanthropology. The pathways through which our ancestors traversed and settled in remote comers of the world continue to be subjects of extensive debate. The presence of Initial Upper Paleolithic technology in No1them and Central Asia provides a timeline of our aiTival in the region. It is assumed that we reached these regions through a northern ai·c, adhe1ing to the arid and mountainous regions acting as 'baiTiers' to human ...

<p>Research from Nagoya University in Japan suggests that Paleolithic humans in the Middle East selected flint for their cutting tools based on differences in the mechanical properties of the rock. They seem to have purposefully selected the most suitable rocks for fashioning into tools, even being able to distinguish rocks that were unsuitable.</p>

The timing and dispersal of modern humans into Northeast Asia has been a subject of hot debate, fueled by increasing discoveries of previously unknown human species in the region, including the so-called Denisovans. In this debate, archaeological assemblages identified as Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) play a key role as they are often seen as possible markers for the dispersal of modern human culture across Eurasia. In North China, the presence of IUP blade assemblages is well-established at t...

Lebanese and French artifacts from up to 54,000 years ago show shared cultural traditions revealing three phases of early human migrations in Europe.

New research reveals that there were not just one or two waves of human migration from Africa to Europe, but three!

A genetic analysis of ancient bones found in a Bulgarian cave last year provides the earliest known evidence of the modern humans in Europe, 45,000 years ago. The remains, whoever it belonged to, was potentially more closely related to present-day East Asian populations of their day than with today's Europeans.

Last year, a genetic analysis of bone fragments representing our earliest known presence in Europe raised a few questions over the steps modern humans took to conquer every corner of the modern world.