Early Pleistocene Faunas of Eurasia and Hominin Dispersals

摘要: During Neogene–Quaternary times, all the dispersals of African taxa into European continent are related to important faunal turnovers in Eurasian faunas. Only on rare occasions have a few Ethiopian origin penetrated Northern Continents and vice versa. The finding species Eurasia Africa, although rare, is always very significant provides climatic, ecologic geographic information. Levantine Corridor – situated eastern Mediterranean Basin accepted as major route out Africa fact that Levant an extension East Rift forms inter-continental bottleneck, climatic ecological conditions prevailing extended north at Plio-Pleistocene makes this region most key area for explaining these dispersal phenomena. Although large number mammals recorded Levant, only middle latitudes during transition Early Pleistocene times; Theropithecus oswaldi, Megantereon whitei, Hippopotamus antiquus. fauna associated with first colonization Continent by genus Homo, it reveals new paleoecological picture event. development social behavior, has been detected Dmanisi (Georgia), together systematic carnivorous behavior hominins, was necessary colonizing survival seasonal climates winters summers, where vegetable resources were not available throughout year. One million years later, Early-Middle transition, there another taxa, arrival Acheulean culture Europe Asia.