Meanwhile…

Emergence of Jericho as a permanent settlement

circa 9000 v.Chr.

The cognitive revolution

ongeveer 70.000 jaar geleden

The agricultural revolution

ongeveer 10.000 v.Chr.

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Indo-Pacific coral triangle reaches peak biodiversity

formed over the last several million years, stable by around 10,000 years ago

First Tailored Clothing from Animal Hides

around 100,000 BC

rise of cave art and symbolic thinking

ongeveer 35.000 jaar geleden

Homo erectus pekinensis lives at Zhoukoudian

circa 700.000-200.000 v.Chr.

the great exodus from Africa

ongeveer 60.000 jaar geleden

Great Barrier Reef begins forming

around 500,000 years ago

Warming of the climate after the last ice age

ca. 12.500 v.Chr.