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Ancient Pollen Analysis

October 22 , 2023 270 days 410 0
  • Pollen grains analysis helps understand how the first humans migrated from Africa across Europe and Asia.
  • The pollen data showed that warming temperatures supported forests that expanded into Siberia and facilitated early human migration there.
  • They compared Pleistocene vegetation communities around Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, to the oldest archaeological traces of Homo sapiens in the region.
  • Pleistocene period is considered two million to 11 thousand years ago and as the time of human evolution.
  • The study focuses on a migration event that occurred approximately 45,000-50,000 years ago.

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