They spread throughout Africa over the following 50, 000 years or so: around 100-80, 000 years ago, three main lines of Homo sapiens diverged, bearers of mitochondrial haplogroup L1/A colonizing Southern Africa (the ancestors of the Khoisan/Capoid peoples), bearers of haplogroup L2/B settling Central and West Africa (the ancestors of Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan speaking peoples), while the bearers of haplogroup L3 remained in East Africa.
在随后的5万年里，他们遍布整个非洲。约100000-80000年前，三个主要的智人血统分开了，携带线粒体单倍群L1/A的在非洲南部殖民，携带线粒体单倍群L2/B的定居在中非和西非（讲尼日尔-刚果语和尼罗-撒哈拉语的人的祖先），携带线粒体单倍群L3的仍然留在东非。