June
18
/ 2021
Some researchers believe the ancestors of modern humans migrated from their homelands in Africa to Europe and Asia 60,000 years ago in response to the climate becoming dryer. If food and water were becoming increasingly scarce, the established African migration theory states, early humans may have left Africa in search of wetter and more fertile lands. This seems like a logical conclusion. But new research published in the journal Communications, Earth & Environment by geographer Frank Schäbitz from the University of Cologne and several colleagues has called this idea into question. It appears Homo sapiens (modern man) first began leaving Africa in large numbers when the climate was humid and ample supplies of food and water were available. Their African
