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.

Homo erectus masters fire

ongeveer 1,8 miljoen jaar geleden

Invention of the Bone Needle

around 40,000 BC

rise of cave art and symbolic thinking

ongeveer 35.000 jaar geleden

Early hominins live in the open wild

ca. 2.000.000 jaar geleden

Homo erectus pekinensis lives at Zhoukoudian

circa 700.000-200.000 v.Chr.

Huckleberry Ridge eruption of Yellowstone

rond 2,1 miljoen jaar geleden

Warming of the climate after the last ice age

ca. 12.500 v.Chr.