Storiascopio · Era 2 of 12 · primary year 3
Homo sapiens leaves Africa
about 60,000 years ago · From East Africa towards Asia, Europe and Australia
In short
About 60,000 years ago groups of Homo sapiens set out from Africa and spread into Asia, then Europe and Australia. Before them other small groups had already left, but they had no descendants. On the way they met other human species, such as the Neanderthals and the Denisovans, and a small trace of them remains in the DNA of many people today.
Why it matters It explains why humans live on every continent today.
Source: Natural History Museum (London), “When and how did modern humans, Homo sapiens, spread out of Africa and around the world?”
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about 7 million years agoEvent 11 of 25about 5,300 years ago
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
storiascopio.com/en/event/homo-sapiens-leaves-africa/ · free worksheet, you may photocopy it for your class