Early Humans Might Have Walked from Turkey to Mainland Europe
Evidence that early humans may have moved from Anatolia (Turkey) into the European mainland, adding to the picture of early human dispersal for UPSC Anthropology.
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Where Modern Humans and Neanderthals Became One
A Scientific Reports study points to the Zagros Mountains as a contact zone where modern humans and Neanderthals met and interbred – key evidence for UPSC Anthropology.
6-Million-Year-Old Human Footprints: A Discovery That Rewrites History
The 6-million-year-old Trachilos footprints from Crete suggest early bipedal hominins may have ranged beyond Africa, challenging the Africa-only account of human evolution.
Why Most Early Human Dispersals Out of Africa Failed
A 2025 Nature study links the successful Out of Africa dispersal to an earlier expansion of the human ecological niche within Africa — key Paper 1 migration content for UPSC Anthropology.