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DID YOU KNOW? When modern humans and Neanderthals coexisted, 10% of the human genes

30,000

1,500

15,000

12,000

4,500

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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.

g

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.