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Homo sapiens, the first modern humans, evolved from their early hominid predecessors homo erectus between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago.
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This timeline shows the patterns of early human migration from 200,000 BCE to 2,000 BCE and the events that happened in between.
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A possible second migration from Africa begins, Involving at some point the ancestors of modern man.
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Early humans moved to South East Asia from Africa around 90,000 to 100,000 BCE
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The first modern humans began moving outside of Africa starting about 70,000-100,000 years ago.
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The first human inhabitants of Australia makes the crossing from southeast Asia around 60,000 BCE
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Homo floresiensis is an extinct species in the genus Homo. The remains of an individual that would have stood about 1.1 m in height were discovered in 2003 at Liang Bua on the island of Flores in Indonesia. They got bred out.
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Homo Sapiens move to Europe from Africa around 40,000 BCE.
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Neanderthals, scientifically known as Homo neanderthalensis ,were ancient humans that became extinct about 40,000 years ago. They seem to have appeared in Europe and later expanded into Southwest, Central and Northern Asia. The reason for their extinction is unknown.
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Homo sapiens moved to Asia around 25-35,000 BCE from Africa
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Early humans moved to North America from Asia around 11,000 BCE.
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Early humans moved to South America from North America at around 11,000 BCE.
