Extreme cooling ended the first human occupation of Europe

Paleoclimate evidence shows that around 1.1 million years ago, the southern European climate cooled significantly and likely caused an extinction of early humans on the continent, according to a new study by Dr Vasiliki Margari and Professor Chronis Tzedakis (both UCL Geography).

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