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Exodus (5/6)

This is also part of this series: Ape Man: Adventures in Human Evolution

Subjects: Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology, Genetics, Geography, History, Science

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2000
Available in French: Yes

Africa is the home of modern man. But why did a small group of early humans leave Africa and embark on a centuries-long trek, colonizing all corners of the globe? Thirty thousand years ago, we had replaced all hominids in Europe and Asia and by 10,000 years ago, we had spread to North and South American via Siberia. Incredibly, roughly 60,000 years ago, people had already arrived in Australia, a journey of thousands of miles in frighteningly primitive boats. What drove man to do this?