Early humans may have walked from Türkiye to mainland Europe

Early humans may have walked from Türkiye to mainland Europe

View of the Ayvalık region, where the Paleolithic survey was conducted. Credit: Kadriye, Göknur, and Hande While it has long been thought that early humans arrived in mainland Europe from Africa via the Middle East and the Balkans, a new study hypothesises that they may have also moved through Ayvalık, Türkiye.  The study, published in the Journal of Island and Coast Archaeology, presents 138 lithic or stone artifacts discovered in Ayvalık whic…