Anthropology › Section J · Human migration › Topic J.1
Peopling of the world
Every inhabited place on Earth was first reached by people on the move. Tracing those journeys, from the first exits from Africa to the settlement of the remote Pacific, means weighing fossils, stone tools, DNA and the histories peoples tell about themselves, and accepting that many dates are still argued over.
In this topic
- A species on the move
- The first exits from Africa
- Homo sapiens spreads out
- Reaching Sahul
- Into the Americas
- Beyond Clovis
- Worked example: weighing the White Sands footprints
- Worked example: how fast is a migration?
- Whose story is it?
- The last frontiers: Remote Oceania
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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