Tigers only recently expanded to the Indian sub-continent (6 12 kya), the Russian Far East (late Pleistocene/Holocene) and Central Asia (Holocene) [1], [3], [4], [10], perhaps impelled by climatic and ecological changes associated with the end of the last glacial period [3].
It is highly probable that these lineages did expand towards North Africa when they expanded to the rest of the European continent, from Iberia, around 14,000 years ago, as they are present in all North African populations, even in those not known as directly historically related with Iberia [ 6].
From a Paris-based two-person operation the company expanded to four continents and staff numbering in the thousands.
This year, the festival expanded to three continents and 10 international cities.
It soon expanded to other continents, and its mandate was extended in 1953 to become the UN development agency for children.
In western Europe, however, countries joined together to form the supranational European Communities, which ultimately were succeeded by the European Union (EU) and expanded to encompass the bulk of the European continent.
Adeo Ressi's incubator the Founder Institute is expanding to its fourth continent, South America, with new local chapters opening in Bogata, Colombia in April and Santiago, Chile in September.
By June 1921, it had expanded to include a circumnavigation of the Antarctic continent and the mapping of around 2,000 miles (3,200 km) of uncharted coastline.
You managed to assist SETAC to spread over to and to get established in Europe: this was the first step of this organization to expand to other continents, while SETAC today is a really global organization.
