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Southern Africa Was Humankind's First Home, Scientists Say

A multi-disciplinary team of researchers says it has identified the location of an ancient human homeland, which its believed to have lain just south of the Greater Zambezi River Basin, which today includes northern Botswana, part of Namibia and Zimbabwe. A study of ancient DNA suggests that humans stayed in the area for at least 70,000 years before they migrated elsewhere, possibly driven by shifts in the climate.

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The Makgadikgadi Basin in Botswana in 2011.

  • Southern Africa:   The Homeland of Modern Humans

    Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 29 October 2019

    A landmark study pinpoints the birthplace of modern humans in southern Africa and suggests how past climate shifts drove their first migration. Read more »

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