Migration in Human History

If we want to understand how and why the human story has unfolded in the way it has, then we have to understand migration: large numbers of people moving long distances. It's a surprisingly difficult topic to understand, but in the past couple of decades, we've developed better ideas and more tools for making sense of migration, past and present. Follow along for an overview of the topic, how it's been studied in the past, and how we understand it now. Patrick launched a brand-new history show! It’s called Past Lives, and every episode explores the life of a real person who lived in the past.

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Migration in Human History is an episode from Tides of History by Audible / Patrick Wyman.

This episode is 00:35:04 long.

This episode was published on Mar 12, 2026.

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