Africa is the cradle of human species: Research conducted by The Human Origins Initiative shows that between 2 million and 1.8 million years ago the first batch of humans emigrated from Africa to Asia subsequently entering to Europe thus creating the space for human settlements and expansion! Going deep into the annals of history shows that the human species from Africa became the first to start life in Australia and Americas within the past 60,000 and 30,000 years ago.