prologue
where do we come from where are we going
Jesse Emspak
Section 1: Success Factors
1.1 Most Invasive Species
By Curtis W. Marian
1.2 Our Origins
Kate Wong
1.3 When the sea saved mankind
By Curtis W. Marian
1.4 Myth Evolution
Julian Duy
1.5 Human hybrids
Michael F. Hammer
Section 2: Africa
2.1 The lush Okavango Delta has been identified as the ancestral home of all living humans
Richard Conniff
2.2 Ancient human migration route indicated by snail shell “breadcrumbs”
Cynthia Graber
2.3 Humans likely left Africa sooner than believed
crystal decosta
Section 3: Americas
3.1 Journey to the Americas
Jennifer Ruff
3.2 Date of first Viking crossing of the Atlantic revealed by rays from space
Christopher Carved
3.3 Findings of Footprints Suggest Humans in the Americas More Than 20,000 Years Ago
Riley Black
3.4 Ancient bones spark new debate about America’s first humans
Kate Wong
Section 4: Asia and the Pacific
4.1 Genomes inform the history and journey of indigenous peoples
Keol Fox
4.2 Ice Age Tibetans
Jane Cue
4.3 Is this Indonesian cave painting the earliest depiction of mythology?
Kate Wong
Section 5: Europe
5.1 Native language
Roni Jacobsen
5.2 Language Wars
Michael Balter
5.3 How the Peasants Conquered Europe
Laura Spinney
Section 6: Migration and Climate Change
6.1 Central American drought hits fifth year in a row, spurs migration
Jeff Masters
6.2 America’s next great migration will be driven by climate change
By Parag Khanna and Susan Joy Hassol
6.3 Delta Danger
Charles Schmidt
6.4 The ominous story of climate refugees in Syria
John Wendle
Section 7: Future
7.1 Spaceship Mankind
Cameron M. Smith
