This document provides a timeline of early human evolution and development from 5 million years ago to 1,000 BCE. It outlines the emergence of early hominids, the first use of stone tools and fire, the appearance and spread of modern humans, advances in agriculture including domesticating animals and plants, and the development of early technologies like pottery, the wheel, plow, writing, and metalworking with copper, bronze and iron.
This document provides a timeline of early human evolution and development from 5 million years ago to 1,000 BCE. It outlines the emergence of early hominids, the first use of stone tools and fire, the appearance and spread of modern humans, advances in agriculture including domesticating animals and plants, and the development of early technologies like pottery, the wheel, plow, writing, and metalworking with copper, bronze and iron.
This document provides a timeline of early human evolution and development from 5 million years ago to 1,000 BCE. It outlines the emergence of early hominids, the first use of stone tools and fire, the appearance and spread of modern humans, advances in agriculture including domesticating animals and plants, and the development of early technologies like pottery, the wheel, plow, writing, and metalworking with copper, bronze and iron.
2,500,000 ybp first stone tools 1,500,000 ybp Homo erectus 500,000 ybp Homo sapiens 230,000 ybp first use of fire 200,000 ybp mitochondrial Eve (? 110,000 ybp H. sapiens Neanderthalensis !0,000 ybp H. sapiens sapiens ("frica, #ear East $0,000%35,000 ybp H. sapiens sapiens (Europe 2&,000 ybp cave paintin's 20,000 ybp (ro%)a'non man 13,000 ybp * 11000 +( a'riculture 11,000 ybp * !000 +( domestication of 'oats, sheep 10,000 ybp * &000 +( domestication of do', bo- and arro-, fishin' nets, canoes !,000 ybp * .000 +( domestication of pi's, cattle, first villa'es &,000 ybp * /000 +( pottery .,000 ybp * 5000 +( copper in common use /,000 ybp * $000 +( invention of -heel, plo- 5,500 ybp * 3500 +( first cities, invention of -ritin' 5,000 ybp * 3000 +( bron0e in common use 3,000 ybp * 1000 +( iron in common use (ybp * years before present, all dates appro1imate