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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheLostSoul" data-source="post: 1989318" data-attributes="member: 21237">You are quite right. Humanity spread out quite fast, and that is one of the clearest testaments to our species fertily and adaptability. They mainly kept to somewhat warm locations.As for early colonisation of the American continents. Most of the so called evidence is very flimsy and circumstantial. There have also been reports of fire places from 50.000 BP, but there are also very suspect. There is no clear evidence of early colonisation. Personally I do not have any problems with an earlier colonisation, but if there were people in America at such an early date, why did they not spread more out and why do we not have more evidence?You are quite right. It is true that Homo Sapiens and Homo Neandertalensis lived side by side during several thousand years, it was not in all of Europe. As Homo Sapiens spread into Europe, Homo Neandertalensis was slowly "pushed back" (how is still open to interpretation). It was quite late (in comparison to other locations) before Homo Sapiens really dominated Europe.Early agriculture is discussed alot too. It is generally acknowledges that it was not until 9000 - 8000 BC that we developed agriculture. There are alot of evidence that it had started earlier, but one of few things that archaeologist agree on, is that a neolithic culture has to have domesticated plants and/or animals. This means that the species has to have undergone some change in comparison to its wild version. This is seen first in the Middle East in the period 9000 - 8000 BC.</blockquote>

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