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Using a revolutionary technique of tracing our mitochondrial DNA, these programmes plot our genetic roots back to one woman who lived in Africa around 150,000 years ago. With the help of dramatised footage and film of today’s Africa, Out of Eden pieces together genetic and archaeological evidence to follow the migration of modern humans throughout the world.
Groundbreaking research reveals how our ancestors left Africa through a southern route to what is modern-day Yemen 80,000 years ago. Migration into Europe is revealed to have probably been later than previously believed, according to the latest climatological clues. We see the rewriting of our history.