# When did modern humans leave Africa?

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> [@md2000](#):
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> Before that, Homo Erectus seems to have also spread out from Africa, about 1.5 million years ago -

_Home georgicus_ is dated at 1.8M years ago. This is a fascinated group of fossils found in Georgia (the country).

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