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The migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa. Anatomically modern humans began their tenure on Earth primarily in eastern Africa around 200,000 years ago, though more archaic Homo sapiens have been found as far away in time and space as 300,000 years ago in Morocco. Our ancestors had begun to trickle out of Africa at least 100,000 years ago. They met Neanderthals in Europe, and other human species en route, and according to our DNA, bred with many of them.
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
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