'Migration out of Africa was possible several times during the last 200,000 years, during periods when the climate was wetter, and has led to the spread of our ancestors as far as Europe.

Genetic evidence indicates that today's people outside of Africa can trace their ancestry to the population of humans, numbering perhaps only in the thousands, who engaged in that pioneering migration ...

Humans' Successful Migration Out of Africa 50,000 Years Ago Was Down to One Key Factor, Reveals New Study. Modern humans spread across different parts of the world by migrating out of Africa, but ...

Instead, the new research found humans in that location, known as Shinfa-Metema 1, adapted to the arid conditions brought on by the volcanic eruption in a way that may have facilitated humanity ...

With few options, thousands of people from the Sahel — many of them under 25 — leave Niger each month in an effort to reach Europe, often to travel to North Africa with the aim of crossing the ...

The coast guard noted 7,300 asylum-seekers have reached Crete and a nearby island this year, up from fewer than 5,000 in 2024 ...

After years of debate, a new study offers an answer. Our species emerged in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with a migration out of the continent 60,000 to 70,000 years ago heralding the start ...

Brussels wants to link development aid to measures to stem migrant flows to Europe. BRUSSELS — African countries will have to ...