Human Migration
📋 What it is
Humans spread from Africa across the whole planet over tens of thousands of years — one of the great stories of our species.
🗣️ Coach says
Every human alive shares ancestors who once lived in Africa. Over tens of thousands of years, people walked, sailed and settled across every continent. Tracing that journey — through bones, tools and DNA — is the story of us.
🧠 Memory hook
We all came from Africa, then spread everywhere. The story of “us.”
😂 Giggle
What did the cosmic egg say before it hatched?
"I've got a whole universe inside me — no pressure!"
😲 Whoa!
DNA studies show that everyone outside Africa descends from a relatively small group of people who migrated out tens of thousands of years ago.
✅ Quick check: What is the big story of human migration across the planet?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Humans began in Africa and, over tens of thousands of years, migrated to settle every continent — the shared origin of all people.
The out-of-Africa story anchors human origins in evidence and shared humanity.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Trace on a map one path early humans might have taken from Africa to another continent.