aug 23, 1799726 BC - 1.8 million-100,000 | Homo erectus in Africa, Asia, and Indonesia
Description:
First use of crude stone tools and may have harnessed naturally occuring fire (1.5 Myr, Swartkrans, South Africa). Genetic studies indicate modern humans are not descended from H. erectus, which appears as an evolutionary side-branch and dead end.Added to timeline:
Date:
aug 23, 1799726 BC
Now
~ 1802948 years ago
