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One man’s 7 year, 21 thousand mile, 30 million footstep trek to retrace the path of human migration
Renowned journalist Paul Salopek is planning to fulfil the daydreams of many a deskbound office-dweller by retracing the longest path of modern human migration…on foot.
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