Editing Addis Ababa (section)

===Prehistory===
A study based on DNA evidence from almost 1,000 people around the world suggests that early humans first traveled out of Africa via a place close to Addis Ababa, spreading from the region to the rest of the planet some time around 100,000 years ago.<ref name=":7">{{cite news |title=DNA Studies Trace Migration from Ethiopia |url=http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/262406.html |access-date=20 July 2021 |work=bnd.com |agency=bnd |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=22 February 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071020010637/http://www.bnd.com/news/nation/story/262406.html |archive-date=20 October 2007 |location=St. Louis}}</ref> The research indicated that genetic diversity decreases steadily the further one's ancestors travelled from Addis Ababa.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102739.html | title=Genetic Mutations Offer Insights on Human Diversity | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=David | last=Brown | date=22 February 2008 | access-date=23 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604224751/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022102739.html?hpid=moreheadlines | archive-date=4 June 2011 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>