Levantine corridor
Geographic corridor that connects Africa to Eurasia
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Location and geography
The Levantine Corridor is the western part of the Fertile Crescent, the eastern part being Mesopotamia.
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Dispersal route for plants
Botanists recognize this area as a dispersal route of plant species.
Dispersal route for humans
The distribution of Y-chromosome and mtDNA haplogroups suggests that during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, the Levantine corridor was more important for bi-directional human migrations between Africa and Eurasia than was the Horn of Africa.
The term is used frequently by archaeologists as an area that includes Cyprus, where important developments occurred during the Neolithic Revolution.
The first sedentary villages were established around fresh water springs and lakes in the Levantine corridor by the Natufian culture.