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80,000 - 60,000 years ago. Humans move away from Africa heading in different directions. They each develop their own culture and means to survival. They cross the straits of current day Yemen to settle in new areas.
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77,000 years ago. Drifting along the coast, humans settled along India, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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70,000 years ago, The settlers from Malaysia's descendants continued along the coast, settling in China.
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60,000 years ago, settlers left China and set sail for Australia.
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50,000 years ago. Humans move north to Europe.
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44,000 years ago. Siberia is settled as humans continued their move north.
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30,000 years ago. An existing land bridge from Korea to Japan helped settle this area.
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18,000 years ago. Humans move across existing lands from Siberia to Alaska.
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16,000 years ago. Humans move into North America.
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The entire journey lasted 70,000 years. The years that followed brought humans to South America and across Asia.
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