Mollusk shells: Modern humans inhabited Near East at least 45,900 years ago, colonized Europe from there

1 June 2015

New high precision radiocarbon dates of mollusk shells show that modern humans occupied the Near East at least 45,900 years ago and colonized Europe from there.
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