Early expansions of hominins out of Africa
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Early expansions of hominins out of Africa
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Several expansions of populations of archaic humans out of Africa and throughout Eurasia took place in the course of the Lower Paleolithic, and into the beginning Middle Paleolithic, between about 2.1 million and 0.2 million years ago (Ma).
These expansions are collectively known as Out of Africa I, in contrast to the expansion of Homo sapiens
(anatomically modern humans) into Eurasia, which may have begun shortly after 0.2 million years ago. The earliest presence of Homo outside of Africa dates
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First hominin expansion into Eurasia (2.1–0.1 Ma)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_expansions_of_hominins_out_of_Africa
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2014-04-23T01:58:02Z
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2024-09-15T04:03:17Z
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