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Understanding Climate’s Influence on Human Evolution
glacial systems until ~250 ka.
~200 ka: First modern H. sapiens.
• South African, Ethiopian, and Maghreb H.sapiens in refugia during MIS-6.
~60 ka: Dispersal of modern H. sapiens out of Africa.
