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There is a really cool project underway called the Genographic project that is working on figuring out how we humans spread across the globe using "computer analysis of DNA contributed by hundreds of thousands of people from around the world:"
https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html
They state: "DNA studies suggest that all humans today descend from a group of African ancestors who—about 60,000 years ago—began a remarkable journey." In evolutionary terms, sixty thousand years ago is quite short, not enough time for significant genetic or physiological changes to accumulate within the extant set of all humans.
So the data from the Genographic project underscores how we are pretty much one large, widely dispersed clan. Spreading this message is one of the goals of TeamHuman.org.
Btw, I contributed some of my DNA to this project and I encourage others to do so. It costs about $100 US, but the information you get back is fascinating as it shows specifically where you fit into historical human populations as they expanded out of Africa.
