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DID YOU KNOW? When modern humans and Neanderthals coexisted, 10% of the human genes
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OvertheBeringbridge
DuringthePleistoceneIceAge,a
landbridgeformedtoconnectAsia
andNorthAmerica.Thisallowed
Homosapienstoeventually
migratetoNorthAmerica.
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Inherited Neanderthal genes
include a prominent brow, larger
nostrils and a receding chin
TheNeanderthal
encounter
Thismigratoryroute,
approachingEuropethrough
Russia’sgrasslands,ledtothe
discoveryoftheNeanderthals.
Adoptinga hunter-gatherer
lifestyle,interbreeding
betweenearlymodern
humansandNeanderthals
givemanyofustracesofthis
speciesin ourDNAtoday.
Islandexploration
Thepeoplefollowingthismigration
weresomeofthefirsttodevelop
riceagriculturebeforeheadingout
toseatoareassuchasIndonesia.
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Lucy became the
world’s most famous
early human ancestor
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“Different
migration
patterns
saw the
species
split”
20,000yearsago
Mov ing towards North Asia, groups
tackled vast ice sheets on their route
from East Asia to North America.
50,000yearsago
A group leaves the
tropical areas of South
Asia to explore inland.
15,000yearsago
A fter crossing into North A merica, by
15,000 years ago humans had covered the
entire land mass south of this icy region.
14,000yearsago
Within one thousand years of inhabiting
North A merica, humans had migrated to
the ver y tip of South A merica.