Meanwhile…

Emergence of Jericho as a permanent settlement

circa 9000 v.Chr.

Shamanic Practices and Animal Spirit Worship

around 35,000 BC

Ritual Feasting and Communal Gathering at Natufian Sites

around 10,500 BC

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

Invention of pottery

rond 10.500 v.Chr.

rise of cave art and symbolic thinking

ongeveer 35.000 jaar geleden

The early Jomon culture

rond 14.000 v.Chr.

Modern humans spread across the area of present-day China

circa 40.000-30.000 v.Chr.

Domestication of the wolf into the dog

ongeveer 15.000 jaar geleden

Warming of the climate after the last ice age

ca. 12.500 v.Chr.