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200,000 BCE
Homo habilis
Made tools out of rocks, tear drop rocks. Lived 2.5 million years ago. It is the first part in the evolutionary chain to show learning and creation. Homo habilis means handy human -
200,000 BCE
Austropothics
Lived 4.5 million years ago in Central Asia and modern day Ethiopia. Was the first hominid. Lived in the forest mainly in the trees. It is the start of our evolutionary chain -
200,000 BCE
Homo erectus
About 1.8 million years ago, and they stood erect. species of archaic humans that lived throughout most of the Pleistocene geological epoch -
199,999 BCE
Spear
The first creators of spears are the Neanderthals. Wooden spears are made with fire. Constructed with stone spear heads -
190,000 BCE
Out of Africa theory
about 1.9 million years ago, this states that we finally moved out of Africa -
120,000 BCE
Neanderthals
About 450,000 years ago. A receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. The Neanderthals were associated with the Mousterian flint industry of the Middle Paleolithic. -
100,000 BCE
Fire
About 1,000,000 years ago. Fire allowed us to make food easier or chew, and grow our brains, which gave us access to more knowledge, and make more tools -
100,000 BCE
Ice age
This began about 2.4 million years ago and lasted until 11,500 years ago. -
75,000 BCE
Mount toba eruption
Mount toca erupted about 75000 years ago, this created a cloudy smoke that made a wintery environment for 6-10 years and lowered the average world temperatures -
60,000 BCE
Needles
Needles were first created around 60000 years ago. This was important because we started creating clothes so we could stay warm in the winter. -
14,000 BCE
Land birdge
About 16,000 years ago. isthmus or wider land connection between otherwise separate areas, over which animals and plants are able to cross and colonise new lands. -
11,000 BCE
Herding
Herding dates back to 11000 BC. Herding allows for animals to have more protection from predators, this is significant because it gives the animals more of a chance it survive, and it shows evolution -
10,000 BCE
Early farming
Early farming dates back around 10,000 BC. By around 9000 BC, people were storing grains during the winter, then sowing them in specially cleared plots. North America grew corn -
9000 BCE
Founding of Jericho
The city of Jericho was founded 9,000 years ago. It has many natural river surrounding it. They built a big wall around the entire city and had everyone live inside it. There was about 1000 people in the city
