30,000-Year-Old DNA Challenges Isolation Theory of Ice Age Europeans

• Scientists analyzed DNA from a 30,000-year-old woman in France, finding genetic links between eastern and western Europeans.
• The study, led by the University of Vienna, challenges the notion that Ice Age populations were largely isolated.
• Researchers also found ancient human DNA in cave sediments in Spain, indicating prehistoric migration.
• The findings suggest that Ice Age Europeans were more connected across vast distances than previously thought.
• The study highlights the complexity of prehistoric migration and community survival during the Ice Age.