When Homo Sapiens Left Africa...

Today, human beings can be found just about in every location across our planet. We have adapted to conquer each and every continent - even the most remote, inhospitable regions of this world have been settled. Regardless of the conditions, Homo sapiens manage to find a way. There was a time when all of this was unfamiliar, however. We had to start from somewhere - and that somewhere was the open plains and grasslands of Africa.

Studies have traced human origins back to multiple locations on the African continent, and as of the time this video was published, there is no definitive answer as to where exactly we sprang from. Skeletons belonging to anatomically modern humans dating back to two hundred and thirty three thousand years ago have been found in Southern Ethiopia, while some researchers are confident that wetland regions in what would eventually become Botswana gave rise to our species.

We would not stay here, though. Before long, our ancestors were starting to spread out across the planet, on a journey like no other. Using nothing but our own two legs, we would reach the Middle East, before carrying on to Europe, East and South Asia, Oceania, and finally, the Americas.

How, exactly, did we manage this - and at what point did we reach these places? These are questions that we will be answering - alongside others - in today's video. Join us as we retrace our steps through ancient history to explore how Homo sapiens spread out across the world, populating every corner of our wild and unpredictable planet.

0:00 Introduction
2:24 Early Pioneers
6:27 Exploring The Old World
9:57 The Northlands
13:01 From East To West
16:00 Leaving No Stone Unturned

Edited by Jamit Productions

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