Hominin Distribution Map (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Hominin Distribution Map

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Map of the potential distribution of archaic hominins, including H. erectus, H. floresiensis, H. neanderthalenesis, Denisovans and archaic African hominins, in the Old World at the time of the evolution and dispersal of H. sapiens between approximately 300 and 60 thousand years ago.

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Roberts and Stewart. 2018. Defining the 'generalist specialist' niche for Pleistocene Homo sapiens. <em>Nature Human Behaviour</em>. 10.1038/s41562-018-0394-4.

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