The Incredible Human Journey
May 21st 2011 05:35
How did we get here? According to the Out-of-Africa theory all modern human beings descend from a common ancestress in Africa. We are all children of African. Members of one branch of Homo sapiens left Africa by between 125,000 and 60,000 years ago, then spread to Asian, Europe, Australia, and America, which are discussed in detail in the following five videos from BBC.
Video 1: The Incredible Human Journey : Out Of Africa BBC
How and by what route did humans make it out of Africa? Are we all from a one successful, tiny group which left the Africa continent in a single crossing?
Video 2: The Incredible Human Journey : Asia BBC
In this programme, the journey continues into Asia and discovers how early hunter-gatherers managed to survive in one of the most inhospitable places on earth - the Arctic region of Northern Siberia.
Video 3: The Incredible Human Journey : Europe BBC
When our species first arrived in Europe, the peak of the Ice Age was approaching. How did the European pioneers survive first the Neanderthals?
Video 4: The Incredible Human Journey : Australia BBC
How could they have travelled so far from Africa, crossing the open sea on the way to Australia?
Video 5: The Incredible Human Journey : The Americas BBC
How did Stone Age people reach North and South America? An ancient corridor through the Canadian ice sheet may be the answer.
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