Extended Data Fig. 2: Geographical distributions.
From: Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria

Geographical distribution of the main IUP sites of western and central Eurasia (black dots), directly dated early H. sapiens predating 37,000 cal. bp (empty black dots) and directly dated late Neanderthals associated with Châtelperronian assemblages (orange squares). Bacho Kiro Cave is represented by a red circle.