Early Human Migration

Corded Ware culture spread and demographic change in Northern Europe (c. 2900–2300 BCE)

3400 BCE - 1700 BCE

Denisovan-associated sites and archaic admixture in Siberia and Southeast Asia (c. 200–30 ka)

25000 BCE - 2016

Early colonization of Sundaland and Wallacea (c.50,000–8,000 BP)

65001 BCE - 2001 BCE

Early Homo sapiens occupations in the Levant (Skhul and Qafzeh) (c. 130–90 ka)

119 BCE - 2026

Early human presence and pastoralist spread in the Tian Shan and Pamirs (c.6,000 BCE–1 CE)

1 - 97001

Early human settlement of the Andean highlands (c. 14,000–6,000 BP)

12000 BCE - 4000 BCE

Fishtail projectile point tradition and early South American lithic industries (c. 12,800–10,000 BP)

12550 BCE - 7550 BCE

Folsom and immediate post-Clovis complexes in North America (c. 12,900–10,500 BP)

11375 BCE - 2026

Genomic history of Austronesian-speaking populations (c.3000 BCE–present)

3000 BCE - 2022

Gravettian culture spread in Central and Eastern Europe (c. 33,000–22,000 BP)

31500 BCE - 19000 BCE

Homo erectus at Dmanisi, Georgia (c. 1.85–1.77 Ma)

1849 BCE - 2013

Homo erectus colonization of Java and Sangiran (c. 1.6–0.7 Ma)

1891 - 2019

Homo ergaster dispersal into the Levant and Eurasia (c. 1.8–1.2 Ma)

1900 BCE - 1200 BCE

Hybrid zones and replacement events between Homo sapiens and archaic hominins in Eurasia (c. 120–30 ka)

Ice-Free Corridor deglaciation and human passage evidence (c. 16,000–11,000 BP)

24000 BCE - 8750 BCE