Old Stone AgeExploration Modern humans leave Africa c. 70,000 years agoTurning point Homo sapiens spreads across Asia and Europe, eventually becoming the only human species left. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Complex language → Modern humans leave Africa Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentnhm.ac.ukWhen and how did modern humans spread out of Africa and around the world? (Natural History Museum) ↗Editor's pickBookDavid ReichWho We Are and How We Got Here ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeout of Africa migration human genetics ↗Editor's pick