Early human dispersal

A highly generalised view of the colonisation of the world by advanced humans from the early Pleistocene onwards. Coastline is shown 150 m lower than at present and, with northern hemisphere ice cover, represents an approximation of that at periods of glacial maximum. Dates represent earliest well-established time of arrival; arrows indicate general net direction of dispersal, not actual routes. Presence and dispersal of early humans are not represented: the lineage is believed to have arisen in Africa and later fossil material dated to between 1.8 and 1.4 million years before present is known from several sites in Eurasia.