when did humans first enter europe
first people in Europe: 700.000 - 8.000 BC. Before 700 000 B.C. Homo sapiens resided solely in Africa as did Australopithecus afarensis, the precursor of Homo erectus, which appeared there around 3.3 million years ago. The well-known complete skeleton nicknamed Lucy is an example of Australopithecus afarensis.