In early 2013, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began an epic walk, following the path of the first human migration out of Africa about 60,000 years ago. Host Marco Werman speaks with Salopek, who's now two-thirds of the way along his global journey. Today, he talks about his first steps at the beginning of the walk in the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia.
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Journalist Paul Salopek has been walking across the globe for the past 11 years. The journey is part of his "Out Of Eden Walk" project in collaboration with the National Geographic Society. The World has teamed up with the project to bring Salopek's stories to our listeners. To date, he's walked 16,000 miles and just recently was in China where he crossed seven provinces. The
The World's hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler talked with journalist Paul Salopek about his experiences walking across China and beyond as a part of his "Out of Eden Walk" project.