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Originally Posted by Steffen
I have no doubt that our evolutionary ancestors migrated, diverged and merged again several times, but what does this find have to do with Europe? The fossil site is clearly in Asia.
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Anatolia was connected to the European mainland until c. 5600 BCE,
when the melting ice sheets caused the sea level in the Mediterranean to rise
around 120 m, triggering the formation of the Turkish Straits.
As a result, two former lakes (the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea)
were connected to the Mediterranean Sea, which then separated Anatolia
from Europe.