Events in Prehistory: Dates and Event Cards 8.1.2 e
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8.1.2 e
Remind students that prehistory dates are approximate and theoretical.
2,000,000 years BCE First evidence of Homo habilis (skillful humans) in Africa: they stood
upright, had small brains, and used their hands to make tools for survival.
1,500,000 years BCE First evidence of Homo erectus (upright humans) in Africa: they were
taller humans with bigger brains and better tools, and lived in small
hunter-gatherer societies.
1,000,000 BCE
First evidence of humans migrating from Africa to Europe and Asia
700,000 BCE
First evidence of humans using fire for survival
250,000 BCE 13,000 BCE
Beginning of evidence of Homo sapiens (thinking humans) who looked similar to modern humans: they used spoken language, adapted to colder climates, and had art and religion. Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons were both Homo sapiens. First evidence of humans migrating to the Americas
10,000 BCE
First evidence of agriculture and the development of agrarian societies
3500 BCE
First evidence of written language
Additional markers that may be added to the prehistory span of the wall
About 2.5 million BCE Old Stone Age (Paleolithic age): there are small hunter-gatherer
to 10,000 BCE
societies that used stone tools (pre-agriculture; there are also long
periods of Ice Ages during this time).
About 250,000 BCE Neanderthals appear in Europe (evidence of burial of the dead and
religious beliefs).
About 100,000 BCE Cro-magnons appear in North Africa, Asia, and Europe; they were skillful
toolmakers and artists.
Invention of the axe, first evidence of cave paintings
About 14,000 to
End of the last Ice Age: glaciers and ice sheets in Europe, North
12,000 BCE
America, and Asia are receding; climate is warming; more plants are
available as food sources.
About 10,000 to
Beginning of the Neolithic Age (New Stone Age): agriculture begins;
8000 BCE
better tools are developed, people begin to settle in villages in some
areas.
About 8000 BCE
Evidence of first cityJerichoin Israel
About 6500 BCE
City of Catal H?y?k built in Turkey
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