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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 the Shuidonggou site complex (SDG), particularly at SDG locality 1 (SDG1). In this study, we present ...

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.