The origin of modern humans, Homo Sapiens, is found in Africa, specifically Ethiopia. The human family tree is traced back to our African mother named “Eve” by testing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), a process which, “identifies the genes and breaks the organizational code to establish their sequence.” Mother Eve dates back 200,000 years ago, and the “Great Exodus” out of Africa began around 60,000 years ago.

The oldest known skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans (or homo sapiens) were excavated at sites in East Africa. Human remains were discovered at Omo in Ethiopia that were dated at 195,000 years old, the oldest known in the world.