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The First Europeans

The Ancients

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Insights into Climate Instability and Human Extinction

The chapter delves into deep sea core analysis to uncover a period of climatic instability, significant temperature drops, and the impact of ice sheet melting on ocean circulation. It further explores a research project indicating a local extinction of early humans, likely Homo erectus, in Europe due to extreme climate change around 1.1 million years ago, raising questions about their eventual return and the emergence of new human species like Homo antecessor.

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