The dispersal and evolution of hominins from North Africa to Eurasia coincided with large-scale climatic and environmental changes. Glacial-interglacial cycles, abrupt climate events, and long-term environmental variability across the Mediterranean and Western Asia shaped migration pathways, ecosystem dynamics, and human adaptation. This session aims to bring together researchers investigating the climate history of this interconnected region using paleoclimate and archaeological archives, such as cave sediments, open-air sites, and rock shelters. We welcome contributions spanning a wide range of timescales and reconstruction methods. Topics include, but are not limited to, high-resolution reconstructions of temperature, hydroclimate, vegetation, atmospheric circulation, and archaeological evidence using any archive, including dispersion- and climate models. We encourage studies that combine paleoenvironmental records with archaeological evidence to investigate the environmental context of hominin evolution, migration, and technological change in corridors of Eurasian expansion. By fostering dialogue between paleoclimatologists/modelers, and archaeologists, this session seeks to advance an integrated understanding of how climate variability influenced the Eurasian landscapes through which hominins dispersed and adapted.
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Ancient Climates and Hominin Expansion across Eurasia