The Levantine corridor is the relatively narrow strip between the Mediterranean Sea to the northwest and deserts to the southeast and connects Africa into Eurasia. This corridor is a land route of migrations of animals between Eurasia and Africa. In particular, it is believed that early hominids spread from Africa to Asia and Europe via the Levantine corridor and Horn of Africa.[1] The corridor is named after the Levant.
The Levantine Corridor is the western part of the Fertile Crescent, the eastern part being Mesopotamia.
Botanists recognize this area as a dispersal route of plant species.[2]
Through genetic studies, researchers have found that the Levantine corridor was more important through Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods for bi-directional migrations of peoples (and certain chromosomes) between Africa and Eurasia than was the Horn of Africa.[3]