2 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁year ▁old ▁remains ▁of ▁a ▁H . ▁s api ens ▁and ▁ 1 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁year ▁old ▁remains ▁of ▁a ▁H . ▁ne ander th al ensis ▁in ▁A pid ima ▁C ave ▁in ▁southern ▁Greece , ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁older ▁than ▁previous ▁H . ▁s api ens ▁finds ▁in ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Early ▁modern ▁humans ▁expanded ▁to ▁Western ▁E uras ia ▁and ▁Central , ▁Western ▁and ▁Southern ▁Africa ▁from ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁their ▁emer gence . ▁While ▁early ▁exp ans ions ▁to ▁E uras ia ▁appear ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁pers isted , ▁exp ans ions ▁to ▁Southern ▁and ▁Central ▁Africa ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁deep est ▁temporal ▁diver gence ▁in ▁living ▁human ▁populations . ▁Early ▁modern ▁human ▁expansion ▁in ▁sub - S ah aran ▁Africa ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁late ▁A che ule an ▁( Fa ures m ith ) ▁indust ries ▁at ▁about ▁ 1 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁although ▁very ▁late ▁co ex istence ▁of ▁arch a ic ▁and ▁early ▁modern ▁humans , ▁until ▁as ▁late ▁as ▁ 1 2 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁has ▁been ▁argued ▁for ▁West ▁Africa ▁in ▁particular . ▁ ▁The ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁K ho i - San ▁expanded ▁to ▁Southern ▁Africa ▁before ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago , ▁possibly ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁before ▁ 2 6 0