Zlatý kůň fits into this picture as one of the earliest representatives of the modern human presence in central Europe — geographically connected to the Bacho Kiro individuals in southeastern Europe and possibly to the Ranis individuals in northern central Europe, but genomically distinct, representing a lineage that does not persist into the present.

The geographic distribution of these early sites is itself informative.

The modern human presence in Europe by 45,000 years ago was not a beachhead on the southeastern shore, expanding slowly westward.

It extended across a broad swath of the continent, from southeastern Europe into central Europe and apparently into northern central Europe as well.

Multiple groups, possibly with somewhat different origins and routes, were present simultaneously.

This geographic breadth makes the demographic picture even more complex.