There are and will remain local enthusiasms to make the Strait a pioneering crossing
point for early hominins. In a curious line of argument, in support of early dispersals
through Gibraltar and possibly the Sicilian strait, Arribas and Palmqvist (1999) state, “(1)
the Levantine corridor requires longer distancemovements to reachWestern Europe, crossing
large rivers and mountainous chains . . .”. This has the logical error that early hominins were
somehow “trying to reach” Europe by the most convenient route. Arribas and Palmqvist
continue, “. . . and (2) a simultaneous colonization of Europe through Gibraltar, perhaps