1. The Journey of Man HIST 140 Summer 2011 By: Le Thi My Ho

2. The Journey of Man through the eyes of Scientist, Dr. Spencer Wells Mankind has been searching for order, settlement, for peace and law, inrestlessness, a quest for new resources, more hospitable climates, basically desire for possession since the beginning of time It is these desires that drove the 1st man out of Africa ~60,000 years ago and across the world, and they continue to drive their ancestors to this day, genetically proven by scientist All the cultures of all the races of the world have been the creations of prolonged periods of migration - an important part of enlarging existing empires and conquering new ones When new empires were formed, it created new opportunities; different people, cultures, languages come together and new ones emerged; knowledge was exchanged; technology was shared

4. Studies show that humans moved from Africa to India and on into Australia. Also to central Asia, then into northern Asia, from there across the Bering Strait into the Americas

5. Both the bible and genetics show an “Adam”;the bible’s Adam is from 4004 BC and the genetic Adam lived around 60,000 yrs ago

7. SOURCES Film: The Journey of Man