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200,000 BCE
Australopithecus
4million years ago. This was in centeral Africa, present day Ethiopia. Humans were 1 meter tall and lived in the trees. These were the first human-like creatures. Start of our evolutionary chain. -
200,000 BCE
Homo Habilis
This was 2.5 million years ago. This was were humans started to use tools. -
200,000 BCE
Homo Erectus
This was 1.8 million years ago. This was when we started to move out of Africa. -
200,000 BCE
Homo Sapiens
These were nethanderals and homo Spaniens. -
200,000 BCE
Humans controlling fire
This was when we started to use fire and understand on how to use it. -
200,000 BCE
Ice age
This was from 2.5 million years ago to about 11,000 years ago. This forced humans from going to far north. -
200,000 BCE
The creation of the spear
The creation of the spear helped people hunt animals and was a good weapon against other humans. -
Period: 200,000 BCE to 5000 BCE
Human migration
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75,000 BCE
Mount Toba catastrophe
This was a volcano that went off that covered the world in ash. This killed off animals and plants. The forced humans to migrate in search of food. -
35,000 BCE
The needle
This was where humans began to use needles to make clothes, bags, and other things made out of leather -
20,000 BCE
The Asian/North American land bridge
This is a land bridge that humans used to get to North America during the ice age. -
2000 BCE
Agricultural Revelution
This was when humans began to settle down and grow crops instead of hunting and gathering. Humans mainly grew what was nearby and was a lot more work than hunting and gathering.