<P> Populations of H. sapiens migrated to the Levant and to Europe between 130,000 and 115,000 years ago (or possibly as early as 185,000 years ago), but these early migrations do not appear to have led to lasting colonisation and receded by about 80,000 years ago . There is a possibility that this first wave of expansion may have reached China (or even to North America) as early as 125,000 years ago, but would have died out without leaving a trace in the genome of contemporary humans . </P> <P> There is some evidence for the argument that modern humans left Africa at least 125,000 years ago using two different routes: through the Nile Valley heading to the Middle East, at least into modern Israel (Qafzeh: 120,000--100,000 years ago); and a second one through the present - day Bab - el - Mandeb Strait on the Red Sea (at that time, with a much lower sea level and narrower extension), crossing it into the Arabian Peninsula, settling in places like the present - day United Arab Emirates (125,000 years ago) and Oman (106,000 years ago) and then possibly going into the Indian Subcontinent (Jwalapuram: 75,000 years ago). Despite the fact that no human remains have yet been found in these three places, the apparent similarities between the stone tools found at Jebel Faya, the ones from Jwalapuram and some African ones suggest that their creators were all modern humans . These findings might give some support to the claim that modern humans from Africa arrived at southern China about 100,000 years ago (Zhiren Cave, Zhirendong, Chongzuo City: 100,000 years ago; and the Liujiang hominid (Liujiang County): controversially dated at 139,000--111,000 years ago). Dating results of the Lunadong (Bubing Basin, Guangxi, southern China) teeth, which include a right upper second molar and a left lower second molar, indicate that the molars may be as old as 126,000 years . </P> <P> Since these previous exits from Africa did not leave traces in the results of genetic analyses based on the Y chromosome and on MtDNA (which represent only a small part of the human genetic material), it seems that those modern humans did not survive or survived in small numbers and were assimilated by our major antecessors . An explanation for their extinction (or small genetic imprint) may be the Toba catastrophe theory (74,000 years ago). However, some argue that its impact on the human population was not dramatic . </P> <P> An Asia center of origin and dispersal for the mtDNA haplogroup L3 has also been hypothesized based on the fossil record, the similar coalescence dates of L3 and its Eurasian - distributed M and N derivative clades (~ 71 kya), the distant location in Southeast Asia of the oldest subclades of M and N, and the comparable age of the paternal haplogroup DE . After an initial Out - of - Africa migration of early anatomically modern humans around 125 kya, fully modern human L3 - carrying females are thus proposed to have back - migrated from the maternal haplogroup's place of origin in Eurasia around 70 kya along with males bearing the paternal haplogroup E, which is also thought to have originated in Eurasia . These new Eurasian lineages are then suggested to have largely replaced the old autochthonous male and female African lineages . </P>

Which of the following ancient human settlements was not located in the eastern hemisphere