Introduction
Where did we come from? Where will we go?
by Jesse Emppak
Section 1: Success Factors
1.1 The most invasive species of all
by Curtis W. Marean
1.2 Our origin
by Kate Wong
1.3 When the sea saved mankind
by Curtis W. Marean
1.4 The evolution of myths
by Julien d’Huy
1.5 Human hybrids
by Michael F. Hammer
Section 2: Africa
2.1 The lush Okavango Delta identified as the ancestral homeland of all living humans
by Richard Conniff
2.2 Ancient human migration route marked by snail shell “breadcrumbs”
by Cynthia Graber
2.3 Hominins probably left Africa earlier than expected
by Krystal D’Costa
Section 3: The Americas
3.1 Journey to the Americas
by Jennifer Raff
3.2 Date of first Viking crossing of the Atlantic revealed by space rays
by Christopher Intagliata
3.3 Evidence of the discovery of human footprints in the Americas over 20,000 years ago
by Riley Black
3.4 Ancient bones spark new debate about early humans in the Americas
by Kate Wong
Section 4: Asia and the Pacific
4.1 Genomes show the history and travels of Indigenous peoples
by Keolu Fox
4.2 Ice Age Tibetans
by Jane Qiu
4.3 Is this Indonesian cave painting the first depiction of a mythical story?
by Kate Wong
Section 5: Europe
5.1 Mother tongue
by Roni Jacobsen
5.2 Language wars
by Michael Balter
5.3 How farmers conquered Europe
by Laura Spinney
Section 6: Migration and climate change
6.1 Fifth consecutive year of drought in Central America favoring migration
by Jeff Masters
6.2 The next great American migrations are driven by climate change
by Parag Khanna and Susan Joy Hassol
6.3 Delta hazard
by Charles Schmidt
6.4 The disturbing story of Syrian climate refugees
by John Wendle
Section 7: The Future
7.1 Spacecraft humanity
by Cameron M. Smith