Hominid dispersals in Europe
Europe’s 1st humans were likely wiped out by a sudden freeze 1.1 million years ago
Europe underwent “extreme cooling” about 1.1 million years ago
Discovery puts Greece on the map of human evolution
The Megalopolis Basin in the Peloponnese was among the southernmost ecological refuges in Europe during the glacial periods of the Middle Pleistocene, according to the results of a five-year program of surface and geoarchaeological research recently completed by the Culture Ministry and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA).