Tracing Our Origins: The Out-of-Africa Theory of Human Migration

Blog post description.The dominant model for early human migration is the Out-of-Africa theory, which suggests that all modern humans (Homo sapiens) originated in Africa. Genetic and archaeological evidence indicates that our species first appeared in East Africa around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, and small groups began venturing out of the continent about 70,000 years ago in search of new resources.