How Ancient Humans Travelled so FAR

You opened Google Maps and typed in a destination you had never been to. Your phone guided you there in minutes. Now remove all of that from existence and replace it with 70,000 years ago, a group of 150 people, no roads, no maps, no satellites, and a horizon nobody had ever seen before. In this video we trace exactly how ancient humans navigated across unknown continents and open oceans, from reading bird flight and shadow angles to crossing 90 kilometres of open sea to reach Australia 65,000 years ago. We draw on the work of geneticist Spencer Wells, archaeologist Chris Stringer, geneticist David Reich, and key sites including Madjedbebe rock shelter in Australia, Shanidar Cave, and Monte Verde in Chile. The scale of what they achieved on foot and by raft, from East Africa to Tierra del Fuego, is genuinely hard to believe. Which single ancient journey do you think took the most courage? Drop it in the comments. #AncientHumans #HumanMigration #Prehistory #HumanEvolution #OutOfAfrica