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Early humans may have walked from Turkey to mainland Europe, research suggests
Nearly 140 Paleolithic tools found along Turkey's Aegean coast suggest a land bridge enabled early human migration between Anatolia and Europe during the Ice Age.
- An archaeological survey in June 2022 discovered 138 Stone Age artifacts across 10 sites in Ayvalık, on Turkey's northeastern Aegean coast.
- This finding builds on knowledge that during the Pleistocene epoch, water levels receded by about 330 feet, revealing a land connection between Anatolia and Europe.
- The artifacts, including Levallois tools, handaxes, and cleavers, provide evidence of early human presence and suggest the area was part of a technological tradition spanning Africa, Asia, and Europe.
- Dr. Goknur Karahan highlighted that these sizable stone implements are key examples of Paleolithic artifacts, while Professor Kadriye Özçelik emphasized that Ayvalık represents an important and previously unrecognized area for understanding the course of human evolutionary history.
- These findings suggest that Ayvalık was inhabited by early humans over an extended period and could reshape current theories about initial human migration pathways into Europe through the Aegean region.
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Early humans may have walked from Turkey to mainland Europe, research suggests - Tech and Science Post
Continuous landmasses, now submerged, may have made it possible for early humans to cross between present-day Turkey and Europe, new research of this largely unexplored region reveals. The findings, published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, unveil a previously undocumented Paleolithic presence in Ayvalık and more importantly could redocument our species’ migration into the continent. It has long been thought that Homo sapiens r…
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