The first living creatures to appear in what became Nigeria ,the HOMO ERECTUS were in southeast Nigeria. They later went extinct to give rise to modern humans. They are sometimes classified as proto-Igbos. WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN IGBOLAND 40,000 YEARS AGO..... (This is based on verifiable research work) According to a research done by The African Genome Variation Project (AGVP) ,The AGVP found evidence of widespread hunter-gatherer ancestry in African populations, including ancient (9 ky) Khoesan ancestry in the lgbo from Nigeria"...I ky(kiloyear):1 000. So 9Ky:9000 years. Another genetic Analysis found the Y chromosome of igbo genetic makeup which gives a haplogroup EM2 predominace, with the time of origin being 39,300 years BP which puts it at 37350BC.With all these, we should not be in doubt that igbos have been on their land for thousands of years.The archaeological findings scattered all over igboland, the acheulien handex at ugwuele ut...