Every time archaeologists unearth a discovery, the story of early humanity shifts just a little more. Recently, for example, archaeologists uncovered 20,000-year-old stone tools that are rewriting the earliest chapters of human migration across the Americas .

Now, a discovery out of Europe is doing something similar. In a groundbreaking study, archaeologists working along the Aegean coast of Turkey have uncovered evidence of a lost pathway—possibly a land bridge—that once connected the region to Asia during the last Ice Age.

Not only is this discovery the first evidence of early human activity in the area, but it also suggests that ancient populations may have used this now-submerged landscape as a migration corridor. Here's what the team found, and how it could help us better understa

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