Sentences with phrase «early modern humans spread»
The discovery supports the idea that early modern humans spread into Eurasia earlier and more often than many previously believed.
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But two new papers suggest that they were at home on both the land and the sea: Studies of ancient and modern human DNA, including the first reported ancient DNA from early Middle Eastern farmers, indicate that agriculture spread to Europe via a coastal route, probably by farmers using boats to island hop across the Aegean and Mediterranean seas.
This suggests that early modern humans interbred with Neandertals after moderns left Africa, but before they spread into Asia and Europe.