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| 7,000 years ago: late Neolithic civilizations, invention of the wheel and spread of proto-writing. |
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Definition
| c. 28,500 years ago: New Guinea is populated by colonists from Asia or Australia.[8] |
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| 9,000 years ago: Jiahu culture began in China |
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Definition
| 29,000 years ago: extinction of Homo neanderthalensis. |
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| 9,500 years ago: Çatal Höyük urban settlement founded in Anatolia |
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Definition
| 30,000 years ago: approximate age of Haplogroup X (mtDNA) and Haplogroup I (mtDNA). A herd of reindeer is slaughtered and butchered by humans in the Vezere Valley in what is today France.[9] |
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Term
| 9,000-10,000 years ago: In northern Mesopotamia, now northern Iraq, cultivation of barley and wheat begins. At first they are used for beer, gruel, and soup, eventually for bread.[1] |
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Definition
| 31,000 years ago: oldest known cave paintings |
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| In early agriculture at this time, the Planting stick is used, but it is replaced by a primitive Plow in subsequent centuries.[2] Around this time, a round stone tower, now preserved to about |
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Definition
| c. 32,000 years ago: Aurignacian culture begins in Europe. |
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Term
| 8.5 meters high and 8.5 meters in diameter is built in Jericho.[3] |
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Definition
| 35 000 years ago: oldest known figurative art (Venus of Hohle Fels), age of the Aurignacian culture |
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| 11,000 years ago: founding of the city of Jericho |
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Definition
| 40,000 years ago: Cro-Magnon colonisation of Europe (Upper Paleolithic) |
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Term
| 12,000 years ago: land ice leaves Denmark and southern Sweden; start of the current Holocene epoch and Neolithic Age and end of the last Ice Age. Invention of agriculture is the earliest |
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Definition
| 50,000 years ago: Modern humans spread from Asia to the Near East; age of Haplogroup B (mtDNA)[10] In the next millennia, these human group's descendants move on to southern India, |
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Term
| given date for the beginning of the ancient era |
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Definition
| the Malay islands, Australia, Japan, China, Siberia, Alaska, and the northwestern coast of North America.[10] |
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Term
| c. 14,800 years ago: The Humid Period begins in North Africa. The region that would later become the Sahara is wet and fertile, and the Aquifers are full.[4] |
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Definition
| 60,000 years ago: out of Africa migration of modern humans; approximate age of Haplogroup N (mtDNA), Haplogroup C (mtDNA) and Haplogroup A (mtDNA) |
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Term
| c. 16,000 years ago: Wisent sculpted in clay deep inside the cave now known as Le Tuc d'Audoubert in the French Pyrenees near what is now the border of Spain.[5] |
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Definition
| c. 75,000 years ago: Toba Volcano supereruption.[11] |
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Term
| c. 20,000 years ago: Chatelperronian culture in France.[6] |
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Definition
| 80,000 years ago: approximate age of Haplogroup M (mtDNA) |
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Term
| 21,000 years ago: Last Glacial Maximum |
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Definition
| 90,000 years ago: time of Y-chromosomal Adam |
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Term
| 22,000 years ago: the oldest known tally stick (the Ishango Bone) |
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Definition
| 100,000 years ago: earliest estimate for the domestication of dogs |
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Term
| 25,000 years ago: first colonisation of North America. A hamlet consisting of huts built of rocks and of mammoth bones is founded in what is now Dolni Vestonice in Moravia in the Czech Republic. |
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Definition
| 125,000 years ago: peak of the Eemian Stage interglacial |
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Term
| This is the oldest human permanent settlement that has yet been found by archaeologists.[7] |
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Definition
| 150,000 years ago: time of mitochondrial Eve |
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Term
| c. 26,000 years ago: Women around the world use fibers to make baby-carriers, clothes, bags, baskets, and nets. |
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Definition
| 160,000 years ago: split between Homo sapiens idaltu and Homo sapiens sapiens |
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Term
| c. 28,000-20,000 years ago: Gravettian period in Europe. Harpoons, needles, and saws invented. |
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Definition
| 200,000 years ago: appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa |
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Term
| 7,000 years ago: late Neolithic civilizations, invention of the wheel and spread of proto-writing. |
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Definition
| c. 28,500 years ago: New Guinea is populated by colonists from Asia or Australia.[8] |
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Term
| 9,000 years ago: Jiahu culture began in China |
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Definition
| 29,000 years ago: extinction of Homo neanderthalensis. |
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Term
| 9,500 years ago: Çatal Höyük urban settlement founded in Anatolia |
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Definition
| 30,000 years ago: approximate age of Haplogroup X (mtDNA) and Haplogroup I (mtDNA). A herd of reindeer is slaughtered and butchered by humans in the Vezere Valley in what is today France.[9] |
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Term
| 9,000-10,000 years ago: In northern Mesopotamia, now northern Iraq, cultivation of barley and wheat begins. At first they are used for beer, gruel, and soup, eventually for bread.[1] |
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Definition
| 31,000 years ago: oldest known cave paintings |
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Term
| In early agriculture at this time, the Planting stick is used, but it is replaced by a primitive Plow in subsequent centuries.[2] Around this time, a round stone tower, now preserved to about |
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Definition
| c. 32,000 years ago: Aurignacian culture begins in Europe. |
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Term
| 8.5 meters high and 8.5 meters in diameter is built in Jericho.[3] |
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Definition
| 35 000 years ago: oldest known figurative art (Venus of Hohle Fels), age of the Aurignacian culture |
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Term
| 11,000 years ago: founding of the city of Jericho |
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Definition
| 40,000 years ago: Cro-Magnon colonisation of Europe (Upper Paleolithic) |
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Term
| 12,000 years ago: land ice leaves Denmark and southern Sweden; start of the current Holocene epoch and Neolithic Age and end of the last Ice Age. Invention of agriculture is the earliest |
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Definition
| 50,000 years ago: Modern humans spread from Asia to the Near East; age of Haplogroup B (mtDNA)[10] In the next millennia, these human group's descendants move on to southern India, |
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Term
| given date for the beginning of the ancient era |
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Definition
| the Malay islands, Australia, Japan, China, Siberia, Alaska, and the northwestern coast of North America.[10] |
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Term
| c. 14,800 years ago: The Humid Period begins in North Africa. The region that would later become the Sahara is wet and fertile, and the Aquifers are full.[4] |
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Definition
| 60,000 years ago: out of Africa migration of modern humans; approximate age of Haplogroup N (mtDNA), Haplogroup C (mtDNA) and Haplogroup A (mtDNA) |
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Term
| c. 16,000 years ago: Wisent sculpted in clay deep inside the cave now known as Le Tuc d'Audoubert in the French Pyrenees near what is now the border of Spain.[5] |
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Definition
| c. 75,000 years ago: Toba Volcano supereruption.[11] |
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Term
| c. 20,000 years ago: Chatelperronian culture in France.[6] |
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Definition
| 80,000 years ago: approximate age of Haplogroup M (mtDNA) |
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Term
| 21,000 years ago: Last Glacial Maximum |
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Definition
| 90,000 years ago: time of Y-chromosomal Adam |
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Term
| 22,000 years ago: the oldest known tally stick (the Ishango Bone) |
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Definition
| 100,000 years ago: earliest estimate for the domestication of dogs |
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Term
| 25,000 years ago: first colonisation of North America. A hamlet consisting of huts built of rocks and of mammoth bones is founded in what is now Dolni Vestonice in Moravia in the Czech Republic. |
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Definition
| 125,000 years ago: peak of the Eemian Stage interglacial |
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Term
| This is the oldest human permanent settlement that has yet been found by archaeologists.[7] |
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Definition
| 150,000 years ago: time of mitochondrial Eve |
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Term
| c. 26,000 years ago: Women around the world use fibers to make baby-carriers, clothes, bags, baskets, and nets. |
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Definition
| 160,000 years ago: split between Homo sapiens idaltu and Homo sapiens sapiens |
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Term
| c. 28,000-20,000 years ago: Gravettian period in Europe. Harpoons, needles, and saws invented. |
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Definition
| 200,000 years ago: appearance of Homo sapiens in Africa |
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