Out-of-Africa coastal entry into South Asia (c.75,000–50,000 BP)

1. Southern-route evidence strengthens outside India

   Jan 1, 106000 BCELabels: Nubian Levallois, Dhofar Oman

   • Springer 2025

2. Occupation in India spans the Toba interval

   Jan 1, 79600 BCELabels: Dhaba site, Middle Son

   • NatComm Dhaba
   • MPG Toba

3. Lower sea levels open coastal corridors

   Jan 1, 75000 BCELabels: Marine Isotope, Indian Ocean

   • Britannica
   • Britannica Sea

4. Humans present in India before Toba ashfall

   Jan 1, 74000 BCELabels: Jwalapuram Locality, Youngest Toba

   • Quaternary Int
   • MPG Toba

5. Toba super-eruption blankets parts of South Asia

   Jan 1, 73700 BCELabels: Toba eruption, Youngest Toba

   • NatComm Dhaba
   • Nature Toba

6. Post-Toba continuity encourages “early entry” models

   Jan 1, 65200 BCELabels: Post-Toba continuity, Dhaba Jwalapuram

   • NatComm Dhaba
   • Quaternary Int

7. Coastal-route model proposed for Asian dispersal

   Jan 1, 65000 BCELabels: Coastal-route model, mtDNA studies

   • Science 2005
   • OUP MBE

8. Genetic models link South Asia to early non-Africans

   Jan 1, 50000 BCELabels: Genome-wide studies, South Asia

   • Nature 2009

9. Coastal-entry hypothesis becomes a synthesized narrative

   Jan 1, 50000 BCELabels: Synthesis model, Indian Ocean

   • NatComm Dhaba
   • Science 2005

10. Microlithic technology appears in central India

    Jan 1, 48000 BCELabels: Microlithic technology, Dhaba

    • NatComm Dhaba

11. Sri Lanka rainforest sites show early microlith use

    Jan 1, 48000 BCELabels: Fa-Hien Lena, Sri Lanka

    • Fa Hien Lena
    • QSR Kitulgala

12. Coastal evidence remains an active research gap

    Jan 1, 40000 BCELabels: Coastal research, Paleoshorelines

    • Antiquity GPP