. ▁This ▁initial ▁migration ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁other ▁arch a ic ▁humans ▁including ▁H . ▁he idel berg ensis , ▁which ▁lived ▁around ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁likely ▁ancest or ▁of ▁both ▁Den is ov ans ▁and ▁Ne ander th als . ▁Early ▁hom in ids ▁were ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁" cross ed ▁land ▁brid ges ▁that ▁were ▁eventually ▁covered ▁in ▁water " ▁( History ▁A live , ▁pub . ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁T CI ). ▁ ▁Within ▁Africa , ▁H omo ▁s api ens ▁dispers ed ▁around ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁its ▁spe ci ation , ▁roughly ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁The ▁recent ▁African ▁origin ▁parad ig m ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁an atom ically ▁modern ▁humans ▁outside ▁of ▁Africa ▁descend ▁from ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁H omo ▁s api ens ▁migr ating ▁from ▁East ▁Africa ▁roughly ▁ 7 0 – 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago ▁and ▁spread ing ▁along ▁the ▁southern ▁coast ▁of ▁Asia ▁and ▁to ▁O ce ania ▁by ▁about ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁Modern ▁humans ▁spread ▁across ▁Europe ▁about ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁ ▁Early ▁E uras ian ▁H omo ▁s api ens ▁foss ils ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁Israel ▁and ▁Greece , ▁dated ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 , 0 0 0 – 1 7 7 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 2 1 0 , 0