Multiple choice

About when did the first people leave Africa to move around the world?

  1. 10,000 years ago

  2. 100,000 years ago

  3. 1 million years ago

  4. Last year
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Modern Homo sapiens began migrating out of Africa in significant waves around 100,000 to 70,000 years ago. Ten thousand years ago is much too recent, as humans had already populated most continents by then, while one million years ago predates the evolution of modern Homo sapiens.

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