Visualizing the estimated timeline of early human migration. Published in A walk through Time. TEST 2
Jeff Blossom
Every hundred miles Paul Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. TEST 2
Every hundred miles Paul Salopek pauses to record the landscape and a person he meets, assembling a global snapshot of humankind. TEST 2
Turkish police had stopped us for days because we were on foot, with a mule. There were Kurdish guerrillas in the nearby Amanus Mountains. “You look just like them,” the police said. “All you’re missing is a Kalashnikov.” The officers snapped their pictures with us.
Three tectonic plates met here: the Anatolian, Arabian and African. It was the northern terminus of the Rift Valley — the walk’s last tangible link to the mother continent.
A wraparound soundscape at this Milestone
This Milestone’s location on a map
Photos of the ground under Paul’s feet and the sky above at this Milestone
A brief question and answer with the first person Paul meets at this Milestone
Husam Sarier
Retired construction engineer, age 57
Who are you?
My name is Husam.
Where do you come from?
I’m from here.
Where are going?
I’m going to my garden. I want to see if my lemon trees got enough rain.
Observations from social media from the Milestone location
With elections just around the corner, politics and society were popular topics in this selection of posts. The hashtag #OyVer encouraged people to get out and vote, and one Twitter user noted that “300 thousand teachers are jobless.”
“How much is happiness?” another user asked. As if answering, someone shared the fact that he shaves his mustache whenever he feels sad.
A video showing the landscape around this Milestone
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