article_snippet.sent: On the left is a map of the Levant showing the locations of the Early Ahmarian-related sites analysed in the new study by Nagoya University and the University of Tokyo in Japan.
article_snippet.sent: Early modern humans expanded the geographic area
article_snippet.sent: Early modern humans inhabited out of Africa during a period of time 55,000-40,000 years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Instead, it is more likely that they disappeared 40,000 years ago because of interbreeding and assimilation with our early modern human ancestors, scientists believe.
article_snippet.sent: If the innovation had led to the migration, evidence would show the stone points moving in the same direction as the humans.
article_snippet.sent: But the study showed the possibility that the stone points appeared in Europe 3,000 years earlier than in the Levant, a historical area in west Asia. '
article_snippet.sent: We looked at the basic timeline revealed by similar stone points, and the study shows that humans were using humans in Europe before humans appeared in the Levant - the opposite of what We'd expect if the innovation had led to the humans' migration from Africa to Europe,' said Dr Kadowaki. '