During the Era, humans left the continent of and spread across the globe. They were , which means they moved from place to place in search of food. They survived by tracking game and collecting plants and berries, a practice called .

The sentence refers to early humans spreading from Africa to other parts of the world. They were nomadic, meaning they moved from place to place, and survived through hunting and gathering. So the continent in the blank is Africa.

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