Japan explorer completes 50,000-km trek to trace man's origins

Japan explorer completes 50,000-km trek to trace man's origins

LAETOLI, Tanzania - Yoshiharu Sekino (in file photo), a 53-year-old Japanese explorer, completed Feb. 10 a 50,000-kilometer series of journeys across 35 countries to retrace in reverse the ''great journey'' believed to have been made by humanity as it moved from Africa to other parts of the world beginning millions of years ago. Sekino arrived at his final destination Laetoli, an archaeological site in Tanzania said to be the cradle of the human race

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