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Shanidar Cave and other locales in the Zagros Mountains were once home to the first genetically distinct Homo sapiens to venture out of Africa.

Humanity’s “Out of Africa” moment encoded in our DNA

January 24, 2025

Spanning hundreds of miles across Iran’s west, with its northern edges extending into Iraqi Kurdistan, the Zagros Mountains are popular with explorers and provide sustenance for the many villages, farms, and pastoralists that call the […]