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63,000 BCE
the earliest evidence of aboriginal people in australia
One of the most important claimed potential early sites is in northern Australia, at Madjedbebe, a rock shelter in Arnhem Land. Human presence here was recently declared, opens in a new window at more than 65,000 years ago. This 65,000-year date has rapidly become accepted as the age for colonisation of Australia. -
3400 BCE
mesopotamian cuneiform
Cuneiform, a wedge-shaped writing system, was developed in ancient Mesopotamia around 3400-3100 BCE by the Sumerians and used for various languages like Sumerian, Akkadian, and Elamite, and was used for over 3,000 years. -
3274 BCE
otzi the iceman
a naturally mummified Copper Age man, was discovered in 1991 in the otztal Alps on the Austria-Italy border -
2528 BCE
what year was the great pyramid in Egypt built
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu, was built around 2551–2528 BCE during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. -
2000 BCE
Narrabeen Man
he died 4000 years ago he was 30 to 40 years of age and 183 centimeters tall