Where is Paul Salopek now?
Writer and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek's Out of Eden Walk is a storytelling odyssey across the world in the footsteps of our human forebears. He is now in Myanmar.
Why did Paul Salopek start in Ethiopia?
A mega drought lasting thousands of years may have bottled up early humans in Africa, making travel risky. A climate shift bringing wet periods likely helped propel the first migration. Paul Salopek and guide Ahmed Alema Hessan leave the Ethiopian village of Bouri—the walk's starting point.