halfalp
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That's what I'm thinking. The East Eurasian - West Eurasian split could have occurred maybe with the early migration to Sundaland 73-63k B.P. .
Seems at least much more in line with the evidence than a differentation in the Near East or even Africa as proposed by Razib Khan IMHO. Not even taking into account the genetic data, plains hunters in Africa and the Near East would be much less likely to become isolated and drift from each other than rainforest dwellers seperated by the sea.
Thing is, i feel such hypothesis have to be back 75k bp like you said and our oldest sample ever is 45k bp so we have a gap of 30k year old between out of india and the first differentiated humans that we have. Also in samples like Vestonice or Goyet we can still see traces of related ancestry with modern Papuan wich mean they are not that more old than 30K no? Maybe the Sundaland that we talk about are maybe more linked with Denisovans?