Journey of modern humans from Africa

By Aidan M
  • 40,000 BCE

    40,000 bce

    People moved into central Asia, from where, around 40 000 years ago, humans moved in two directions — west into Europe and east into Asia.
  • Period: 20,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE

    20,000 bce

    Approximately 20 000 years ago, people from Asia crossed the Bering Strait between Asia and the Americas. People reached Chile in South America by the end of the ice age
  • Period: to

    30,000 bce

    Approximately 30 000 years ago, people began to move southwards from Asia into the islands of the south-west Pacific, first occupying the long chain of the Solomon islands

  • 200,000 bce

    200,000 years ago, Homo Sapiens started to migrate across the world. They all migrated from Africa to all over Asia and Europe