Central Asia as a Core Area: Iran as an Origin for the European Aurignacian

A sizeable number of sites with Aurignacian assemblage have recently been discovered in Central Asia, as well as in Iran. At the same latitude as Europe and widely open to the north of the Black Sea, these sites suggest a clear movement of people westwards, from Asia to Europe, bringing both new techniques and new populations as early as 40 thousand years ago. As there has been no other break in the European prehistory since then, all these populations seem to be the real first Indo-Europeans, extending from northern India to the farthest parts of western of Europe.