summary: CHAPTER 1
Out of Africa
Ethiopia / Djibouti / Red Sea Crossing
January 2013 – May 2013
A motley camel caravan strikes out across the lands of the nomadic Afar toward the Indian Ocean and the “Strait of Tears.”
Walking is falling forward. Each step we take is an arrested plunge, a collapse averted, a disaster braked. In this way, to walk becomes an act of faith.
Paul Salopek | From To Walk the World
A Walk Through Time
This map visualizes the estimated timeline of early human migration out of our ancestral African “Eden” and across the globe.
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A Walk Through Time