Exploration

Exploration is the act of searching an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it. It involves the discovery of new information. Human beings explore even when they have everything they need where they are.^[1] They are the only mammal that does this.

Neanderthals existed for hundreds of thousands of years in Eurasia.^[1] But their range was limited compared to modern humans. In less than 500,000 years humans have explored and spread out to all the continents.^[1] Exploration had its most dramatic rise during the Age of Discovery. This is when European explorers sailed and charted much of the rest of the world. Humans have explored geographically even into outer space. They explore ideas, art, even the very nature of life.^[2]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Maggie Koerth-Baker (20 December 2012). "How humans evolved to explore". BoingBoing. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
2. ↑ "Why Explore?". Maritime Museum of BC. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.