Asia presents one of the most dynamic and complex records of human evolution, hosting an extraordinary diversity of archaic hominins alongside the emergence and dispersal of early Homo sapiens. Understanding the evolutionary relationships, behavioural patterns, and adaptive strategies of these populations is critical to reconstructing the human journey across the continent. This session explores the interplay between climatic and ecological drivers and the biological and cultural responses of hominins across South, Southeast, East, and Northeast Asia during the Pleistocene. We invite contributions that address the timing, adaptation, and extinction of archaic and modern human populations, as well as broader faunal communities, through multidisciplinary approaches. We welcome studies in palaeoanthropology, geochronology, palaeoecology, archaeology, genetics, proteomics, and modelling that illuminate the patterns and processes of dispersal, survival, and diversification. Particular emphasis is given to work that integrates environmental change with evolutionary outcomes, challenges long-held assumptions or existing paradigms or reveals patterns that have relevance for the resilience of contemporary ecosystems.