The discovery changes the history
of early human migration and suggests archaic humans were present in the region long before than previously thought.
If people had indeed arrived this early then we would have to rethink everything we know about the history
of early human migration.
«Ice age bison fossils shed light on
early human migrations in North America: Study dates the first movements of bison through an ice - free corridor that opened between the ice sheets after the last glacial maximum.»
The work complicates the human story once again, much as the discovery of the controversial H. floresiensis — a.k.a. the hobbit — has upset earlier and simpler views of
early human migrations around the globe.
A new study links the emergence of new hominin species, expanding brain capacity and
early human migration with the appearance of deep freshwater lakes
The story of
early human migration does not end there, as the researchers all said that they need more archaeology, fossils, and DNA before they can draw a better picture of what happened.
Listen to the Nature Podcast in which study author María Martinón - Torres explains how the ancient teeth challenge ideas of
early human migration here.
All non-Africans stem from one major founding population, the studies agree, but
earlier human migrations are also recorded in present - day people's DNA, one study finds.