Explorer back home after 50,000-km trek to trace man's roots

Explorer back home after 50,000-km trek to trace man's roots

NARITA, Japan - Yoshiharu Sekino, a 53-year-old Japanese explorer, smiles at a press conference at Narita airport on Feb. 18 after returning home from a 50,000-kilometer series of journeys across 35 countries to retrace in reverse the ''great journey'' it is believed humanity took as it moved from Africa to other parts of the world starting millions of years ago.

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