Paleolithic
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HomoHomo HabilisHomo Habilis ExtinctionOlduvai GorgeAcheuleanAcheuleanMadrasian cultureVenus of Berekhat RamVenus of Tan-TanTorralba and AmbronaBaltic Ice LakeBaltic Ice Lake EndKabwe 1Mauer 1MiguelónSaldanha manSamuSima de los HuesosSteinheim skullSwanscombe Heritage ParkClactonianClactonian ExtinctionHomo rhodesiensisHomo rhodesiensis ExtinctionSchöningen spearsCave of El CastilloHomo antecessorHomo antecessor ExtinctionHomo rudolfensisHomo rudolfensis ExtinctionOldowanOldowan ExtinctionAbu MadiGöbekli TepeGöbekli Tepe EndAli-Sadr CaveCapsian cultureCapsian culture EndGilgal IHuto and Kamarband CavesHuto and Kamarband Caves EndAncylus LakeAncylus Lake EndCalabash domesticationClovis cultureClovis culture ExtinctionHomo floresiensisHomo floresiensis ExtinctionYounger DryasYounger Dryas ExtinctionGlaucidium kurochkiniLake TaucaLake Tauca ExtinctionNevado del TolimaHomo ergasterHomo ergaster ExtinctionKNM ER 992KNM ER 3733Turkana BoyDmanisi skull 4Dmanisi skull 5Java ManKNM ER 3883Madam BuyaMojokerto childNG 6Olduvai Hominid 9Peking ManSangiran 2Tautavel ManYuanmou ManBilzingslebenSangiranShangchenShangchen ExtinctionHomo erectusHomo erectus ExtinctionEarly expansions of hominins out of AfricaEarly expansions of hominins out of Africa EndHomo heidelbergensisHomo heidelbergensis ExtinctionPaleolithic huntingLantian ManNanjing ManSolo ManAroeira 3Cave of AroeiraBoxgrove ManCeprano ManGondolin CaveHoedjiespuntIleretKBS TuffKromdraai fossil siteMotsetsiOlorgesailiePlovers LakeSterkfonteinSwartkransTurkana BasinBose BasinDamaidiFuyan CaveJinniushanRed Deer Cave peopleRed Deer Cave people ExtinctionXiaochangliangXihouduZhoukoudianLuobi CaveBaradostian cultureBaradostian culture EndZarzian cultureZarzian culture EndAhmarianAhmarian EndEmiranEmiran EndSơn Vi culture EndTrialetianTrialetian EndPeopling of ChinaHamburg cultureHamburg culture EndLincombian-Ranisian-JerzmanowicianSwiderian cultureSwiderian culture EndBromme cultureBromme culture EndMousterianAltamura ManAmud 1Atapuerca Mountains SettlementAzykhantropEhringsdorf remainsEngis 2Gibraltar 1Gibraltar 2Goyet CavesKebara 2KrijnLa Chapelle-aux-Saints 1La Ferrassie 1Neanderthal 1Saccopastore skullsSpy CaveTeshik-Tash 1Trou de l’AbîmeJapanese PaleolithicJapanese Paleolithic EndMongoloidPinza-Abu Cave ManTianyuan manYamashita Cave ManAraya SiteKsar AkilSugusaka SiteKNM ER 1805KNM ER 1813OH 7OH 24Olduvai Hominid 8SK 847Homo gautengensisHomo gautengensis ExtinctionHomo nalediPenghu 1Wushan ManAurignacianAurignacian ExtinctionBreitenbachBreitenbach ExtinctionCro-Magnon rock shelterHohlenstein-StadelKostyonki-Borshchyovo archaeological complexMladečPérigordianPérigordian EndPředmostí u PřerovaRed Lady of PavilandAzilianAzilian EndLe Mas-d'AzilRaymondenRaymonden EndRochereilRochereil EndGravettianGravettian EndPavlovian culture EndVenus of EliseevichiSolutreanSolutrean EndVenus figurines of Balzi RossiVenus figurines of GagarinoVenus of MauernVenus figurines of Mal'taVenus figurines of ZarayskVenus of BrassempouyVenus of Buret'Venus of Dolní VěstoniceVenus of LausselVenus of LespugueVenus of PetřkoviceVenus of SavignanoMagdalenianMagdalenian EndCave of AltxerriCreswellian cultureCreswellian culture EndChancelade manEl Mirón CaveFedermesser cultureFedermesser culture EndFurfoozGrotte du BichonMagdalenian GirlRed Lady of El MirónVillabruna 1BohunicianChâtelperronianChâtelperronian EndEpigravettian EndAbrigo do Lagar VelhoAxlorBennett's CaveBetal Rock ShelterBontnewydd Palaeolithic siteBruniquel CaveCave of MaltraviesoČertova pecCreswell CragsCueva AntónCueva de la PiletaDenisova CaveDivje Babe FluteEs SkhulForbes' QuarryGánovceGorham's CaveHadži-Prodan's CaveHaYonim CaveIbex CaveKarain CaveKebara CaveKsar AkilKůlna CaveLa Cotte de St BreladeLe MoustierPešturinaRas El KelbLynford QuarryManot CaveMezmaiskaya caveCaves of NerjaNoisetier CaveOkladnikov CavePair-non-PairHusbäke IWindeby IRendswühren ManHusbake ManBunsoh ManBernuthsfeld ManEsterweger Dose ChildHunteburg FootPeiting WomanKreepen ManBog DogJohann SpiekerBremervörde Gnattenbergswiesen bodyOld Croghan ManClonycavan ManGallagh ManStoneyisland ManMeenybradden WomanCashel ManBaronstown West ManYde GirlWeerdinge MenExloërmond ManAschbroeken ManEmmer-Erfscheidenveen ManZweeloo WomanDröbnitz GirlLuttra WomanBocksten ManLindow ManAmcotts Moor WomanLindow WomanCladh Hallan SkeletonsWorsley ManWindover SkeletonsLittle Salt Spring skeletonsCladh HallanHeslington BrainGristhorpe ManMyrtisÖtzi DeathAsselar manBalangoda ManBallynahatty womanChinchorro mummiesDali ManLovers of ValdaroMarmes RockshelterNarrabeen ManDetmold childEve of NaharonPeñon womanSpirit Cave mummyXiaohe CemeteryCheddar ManCombe-CapelleRisovača CaveRoca dels BousSatsurblia CaveScladinaShanidar CaveSidrón CaveSirgenstein CaveTabun CaveVanguard CaveVela SpilaVindija CaveWolf CaveBog bodyKoelbjerg ManSigersdal SkeletonsSorø SkeletonsPorsmose ManArden WomanBorremose IIIBorremose ManHaraldskær WomanGadevang ManBorremose IITollund ManGrauballe ManElling WomanHuldremose WomanRappendam WomanAuning WomanOsterby ManDätgen ManNeu England ManRöst GirlNeu Versen ManDamendorf ManKayhausen BoyObenaltendorf ManJührdenerfeld ManGirl of the Uchter MoorAncient BeringianBrooks FallsLa Brea WomanPaiján culturePaisley CavesTepexpan manTuqan ManHofmeyr SkullKent's Cavern 4 (KC4) MaxillaRhünda SkullTabon ManUst'-Ishim manWajak craniaAL 200-1Australopithecus afarensis ExtinctionAL 129-1LD 350-1Stw 573 (Little foot)Australopithecus ExtinctionDIK-1 (Selam)AL 288-1 (Lucy)AL 200-1STS 71UR 501Australopithecus africanus ExtinctionAL 444-2KNM ER 62000–62003StW 53SK 847DNH 7
(Eurydice)Paranthropus robustusParanthropus robustus ExtinctionSK 46KNM ER 3883Mojokerto 1
(Mojokerto child)Sangiran 2Trinil 2 Pithecanthropus-1 or Java ManHexianGawis craniumHomo sapiensTaung ChildKNM WT 17000
(The Black Skull)Paranthropus aethiopicusParanthropus aethiopicus ExtinctionBOU-VP-12/130Australopithecus garhiSTS 52STS 5 (Mrs. Ples)(STS 14)TM 1517MH1 (Karabo)Australopithecus sedibaAustralopithecus sediba ExtinctionKNM ER 1813KNM ER 1470OH 24
(Twiggy)SK 48OH 8OH 5
(Zinj or
nutcracker man)Paranthropus boiseiParanthropus boisei ExtinctionD2700 (Dmanisi Skull 3)D4500 (Dmanisi Skull 5)KNM ER 3733KNM ER 406KNM ER 732KNM ER 23000Peninj MandibleOH 9
(Chellean Man)KNM ER 992KGA 10-525Atapuerca JawboneKocabasDakaSangiran 4ATD6-15 and ATD6-69Ternifine 2-3 now TighennifSangiran 17BodoMauer 1
(Heidelberg Man)Skull 5 (Miguelón)Aroeira 3Swanscombe ManSaléNdutuSteinheim SkullALA-VP 1/20ArdipithecusArdipithecus ExtinctionHomininiBipedalismBehavioral modernityInterbreeding between archaic and modern humansMacro-haplogroup L (mtDNA)Southern DispersalArchaic humansMisliya caveMitochondrial EveSemliki harpoonY-chromosomal AdamMicoquienMicoquien EndLothagam mandible (KNM-LT 329)ArdiArdipithecus ramidusKNM-LT 329Australopithecus anamensisKNM-TH 13150Qafzeh 9Denisova 8DenisovanEve's footprintsTabun C1NeanderthalNeanderthal ExtinctionHerto remainsSaccopastore 1Ngandong 7Manot 1La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1Kebara 2 (Moshe)Teshik-Tash SkullLa Quina 5La Quina 18Tam Pa Ling CaveAmud 7LB 1 (Hobbit)Shanidar 1Qafzeh 6Skhul 5Skhul 9Klasies River CavesKrapina 3LH 18Altamura ManPenghu 1Misliya-1Omo remainsPetralona 1DaliGalilee ManFlorisbad SkullSamuJebel Irhoud 1–5Obi-Rakhmat 1DennyBroken Hill 1Mungo ManMt. Circeo 1SID-00BKents Cavern 4 maxillaEngis 2Gibraltar 1Le MoustierDenisovan toothWadjak 1WLH-50Minatogawa 1Chancelade findOase 1Amud 1Kostenki-14 (Markina Gora)Denisova hominin (X-Woman)Hominin toe boneBalangoda manHofmeyr SkullCro-Magnon 1Predmost 3Lapedo ChildEel PointMA-1 (Mal'ta boy)European early modern humansEuropean early modern humans ExtinctionGough's CaveVillabruna 1Bichon manIwo Eleru SkullKotiasSatsurbliaLa Brea WomanCerro Sota 2LuziaKow Swamp 1ÖtziLothagam 4b (Lo 4b)[Minnesota WomanCaucasian Hunter-GathererPaleo-IndiansNeolithic EuropeNeolithic Europe EndTepexpan manTalgai SkullLoschbourEuropean MesolithicEuropean Mesolithic EndWest European Hunter-GathererBritish MesolithicBritish Mesolithic EndCombe CapelleEl GraecoTM 266 (Toumai)SahelanthropusSahelanthropus ExtinctionBAR 1000'00Orrorin tugenensisOrrorin tugenensis ExtinctionKNM-KP 271Laetoli FootprintsLH 4KSD-VP-1/1 (Kadanuumuu)KT-12/H1 (Abel)KNM-WT 40000 (Flat Faced Man)Australopithecus deyiremedaAustralopithecus deyiremeda ExtinctionBlombos CaveBorder CaveBouri FormationElands Bay CaveHowieson's Poort ShelterShum LakaIberomaurusianIberomaurusian EndAke SiteAke Site EndBig Eddy SiteBorax Lake SiteEast Wenatchee Clovis SiteEl Fin del MundoLehner Mammoth-Kill SiteMurray Springs Clovis SiteNaco Mammoth Kill SiteWilliamson SiteAterianAterian ENdHowiesons PoortHowiesons Poort EndLupemban cultureLupemban cultureMousteroidMousteroidStillbayStillbay ENdArt of the Middle PaleolithicDiepkloof Rock ShelterProto-Human languageClovis culture ENDClovis pointClovis point EndNenana ValleyNaia (skeleton)Lithic stagePlainview pointBeringiaBeringia EndCoastal migration (Americas)Cody complexDalton TraditionFolsom pointFolsom traditionGame drive systemGoshen pointGreat bison beltHell Gap complexCaverna da Pedra PintadaPedra Pintada, RoraimaPendejo CavePikimachayPlano culturesPost PatternVero manKebaran EndBreitenbach (archaeological site)Dolní Věstonice (archaeology)Afontova GoraAadlounCafer HöyükEl KowmRiwat Site 55Wadi JilatAcheulo-Yabrudian complexAcheulo-Yabrudian complex EndAntelianAntelian EndAttirampakkamBrežđeDarra-e KurEvolutionary origin of religionsControl of fire by early humansFurninhaHand axeKashafrudLevallois techniqueMonrepos (archaeology)Qesem caveRiwatSoanianSoanian EndUbeidiyaStone toolsCookingJebel IrhoudY-DNA haplogroup A00Modern HUman Presence in West AsiaClothingHomo sapiens idaltuPeopling of AfricaKhoisanid separationHaplogroup L0peak of the Eemian interglacial periodAbbassia Pluvial in North Africa—the Sahara desert region is wet and fertileKhoisanid back-migration from Southern Africa to East Africasmall perforated seashell beads from Taforalt in Moroccoseparation of sub-Saharan Africans and non-AfricansToba Volcano supereruptionearliest example of abstract art or symbolic art from Blombos CaveNeanderthal admixture to Eurasiansearliest sewing needle foundMousterian PluvialLater Stone Age begins in AfricaChâtelperronian culturePaleolithic flutes in GermanyJerimalai cave siteEarliest evidence of advanced deep sea fishing technologyAurignacian cultureOldest known figurative art the zoomorphic Löwenmensch figurineFirst human settlement (Aboriginal Australians) in Sydney, Perth and MelbourneOldest known ritual cremation, the Mungo LadyVenus of Hohle FelsOldest known domesticated dog skullsLast Glacial MaximumLast Glacial Maximum EndBhimbetka rock sheltersRock art of the Iberian Mediterranean BasinCuevas de la ArañaVenus of WillendorfVenus figurinesVenus of GalgenbergVenus figurines of GönnersdorfVenus of MonruzVenus of MoravanyVenus figurines of PetersfelsAdorant from the Geißenklösterle caveArt of the Upper PaleolithicBâton de commandementBison Licking Insect BiteBradshaw rock paintingsCave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern SpainCave of La PasiegaCave paintingLes CombarellesFont-de-GaumeKendrick's Cave Decorated Horse JawMammoth spear throwerMontastruc decorated stone (Palart 518)Pech MerlePinhole Cave ManPraileaitz CaveRobin Hood Cave HorseSiega VerdeSwimming ReindeerTito Bustillo CaveUsgalimal rock engravingsWolverine pendant of Les EyziesAncient BeringianAnzick Clovis burialAnzick-1Arlington Springs ManBrooks FallsBuhl WomanGrimes PointKennewick ManLeanderthal LadyLuzia WomanMarmes RockshelterPelican Rapids-Minnesota WomanMoaning CavernNaia (skeleton)Paiján culturePiedra MuseoSpirit Cave mummyTlapacoya (archeological site)Upward Sun River sitePaglicci 23Grimaldi ManPavlovian cultureEl AbraBluefish CavesBroken MammothButtermilk Creek ComplexCalico Early Man SiteCueva de las ManosFort Rock CaveGault (archaeological site)Kenosha, WisconsinLamb SpringLittle John (archeological site)Manis Mastodon SiteMeadowcroft RockshelterMonte VerdeOña CantonPage-Ladson prehistory sitePedra FuradaPilauco BajoSaltville (archaeological site)San Vicente de Tagua TaguaSanta Rosa Island (California)Santiago TequixquiacSauce, UruguaySerra da Capivara National ParkSt. Mary ReservoirTaima-TaimaTanana ValleyTibitóToca da Tira PeiaTopper SiteXalnene Tuff footprintsSettlement of the AmericasPleistocene peopling of the AmericasGenetic history of indigenous peoples of the AmericasAncient North EurasianClovis FirstEarly Paleo-EskimoSolutrean hypothesisLast Glacial Maximumoldest known pottery—used to make figurines rather than cooking or storage vessels (Venus of Dolní Věstonice).KebaranBig Eddy SiteBlackwater DrawBorax Lake SiteCactus HillEast Wenatchee Clovis SiteArchaeology of IowaLehner Mammoth-Kill SiteLevi Rock ShelterMastodon State Historic SiteMurray Springs Clovis SiteNenana ValleyWilliamson SiteQadan cultureHoabinhianSơn Vi cultureFedermesser cultureFosna–Hensbacka cultureIron Gates MesolithicHalfan cultureHarifianNatufian cultureMal'ta–Buret' cultureOhaloKamyana MohylaCaves of NerjaSahlenburgThe earliest ovens found.New Guinea is populated by colonists from Asia or Australia.Oldest known twisted rope.Afontova GoraBølling oscillationPaleolithic religionpeople around the world use fibers to make baby carriers, clothes, bags, baskets, and nets.a hamlet consisting of huts built of rocks and of mammoth bones is founded in what is now Dolní Věstonice in Moravia in the Czech Republic. This is the oldest human permanent settlement that has yet been found by archaeologists.artifacts suggests early human activity occurred in Canberra, the capital city of AustraliaKebaran culture in the Levant: beginning of the Epipalaeolithic in the Levantoldest pottery storage/cooking vessels from ChinaKhoisanid expansion to Central Africa.earliest pottery use, in Xianren Cave, China.first human migration into North America.Wisent (European bison) sculpted in clay deep inside the cave now known as Le Tuc d'Audoubert in the French Pyrenees near what is now the border of Spain.Earliest supposed date for the domestication of the pig.The Humid Period begins in North Africa. The region that would later become the Sahara is wet and fertile, and the aquifers are full.Red Deer Cave people in China, possible late survival of archaic or archaic-modern hybrid humans.Oldest evidence for prehistoric warfare (Jebel Sahaba massacre, Natufian culture).A major water outbreak occurs on Lake Agassiz, which at the time could have been the size of the current Black Sea and the largest lake on Earth. Much of the lake is drained in the Arctic Ocean through the Mackenzie River.Earliest dates suggested for the domestication of the sheep.the Younger Dryas was a period of sudden cooling and return to glacial conditionsJericho has evidence of settlement dating back to 10,000 BC. Jericho was a popular camping ground for Natufian hunter-gatherer groups, who left a scattering of crescent microlith tools behind them.Earliest dates suggested for the domestication of the goat.Obłazowa CaveKilu CaveGwendoline CaveAetokremnosAukraPulliLast eruption of the Ciomadul volcano in RomaniaSpotted Horses, Pech Merle cave, Dordogne, France are painted. Discovered in December, 1994.Ibex-headed spear-thrower, from Le Mas-d'Azil, Ariège, France, is made. It is now at Musée de la Préhistoire, Le Mas d'Azil.Mammoth-bone village in Mezhyrich, Ukraine is inhabited.Spotted human hands are painted at Pech Merle cave, Dordogne, France. Discovered in December 1994.Hall of Bulls at Lascaux in France is painted. Discovered in 1940. Closed to the public in 1963.Bird-Headed man with bison and Rhinoceros, Lascaux, is painted.Lamp with ibex design, from La Mouthe cave, Dordogne, France, is made. It is now at Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.Paintings in Cosquer Cave are made, where the cave mouth is now under water at Cap Margiou, France.Bølling interstadial.Paleo-Indians move across North America, then southward through Central America.Pregnant woman and deer (?), from Laugerie-Basse, France was made. It is now at Musée des Antiquités Nationales, St.-Germain-en-Laye.Paleo-Indians searched for big game near what is now the Hovenweep National Monument.Domestication of ReindeerBeginning of the Holocene extinction.Wooden buildings in South America (Chile).First pottery vessels (Japan).First evidence of human settlement in Argentina.Human remains deposited in caves which are now located off the coast of Yucatán, Mexico.[27]Creswellian culture settlement on Hengistbury Head, England, dates from around this year.Evidence of a massacre near Lake Turkana, Kenya indicates upper paleolithic warfare.[28]Ahrensburg cultureEpigravettianPeriods
QuaternaryPleistoceneGelasianNew time periodChibanianPaleolithicLower PaleolithicMiocenePlioceneMiddle Stone AgeMiddle PaleolithicUpper PaleolithicEpipalaeolithicEarly EpipaleolithicLate Epipaleolithic
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