Study Revives Coastal Origin Theory for Early Humans 70,000 Years Ago
A new wave of reporting on human origins is drawing attention to the possibility that early Homo sapiens may have expanded from Africa’s coastlines about 70,000 years ago, rather than from an inland route alone. The claim does not overturn the scientific consensus that modern humans evolved in Africa, but it underscores how coastal environments may have helped shape migration, survival, and adaptation in the late Pleistocene.
