Recent research suggests that early humans may have traveled from Turkey to mainland Europe through the northeastern Aegean coast of Ayvalık, a region that has not been extensively studied in the context of human migration. These results open up fresh avenues for understanding human migration patterns. The shifting geology of the region made it difficult to detect evidence of early human habitation in the past. However, the new findings challenge this assumption and suggest that Ayvalık played a more central role in early human migration than previously thought. Dr. Karahan notes