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Events
Madagascar separates from the African continent
Madagascar separates from India
Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Event
Evolution of the first primates
Africa and Eurasia more connected; North and South America not connected; North America closer to Eurasia
Primate /Darwinius/ "Ida" dies in what is now Germany
Last common ancestor of all extant Platyrrhine (New World monkeys) populations
Earliest known Platyrrhine fossils in South America
Oldest known ape fossils, East Africa: Genus /Proconsul/
Family Hylobatidae splits off from large apes
Ape genus /Chororapithecus/ diverges from other Miocene apes
Human and chimpanzee/bonobo lineages diverge
"Toumai," /Sahelanthropus tchadensis/, dies in what is now northern Chad
At least five individuals of /Orrorin tugenensis/, undisputed biped, die in what is now Kenya's Tugen Hills
One individual of species /Ardipithecus ramicus/ dies
Laetoli footprints are lain down in Laetoli, Tanzania, possibly by /Australopithecus afarensis/
Earliest known stone tools, West Lake Turkana, Kenya
"Selam," /Australopithecus afarensis/, dies at age 3-4
In-line big toes start to become standard in human lineage
Human lineage loses body hair, retaining head and pubic hair
Human remains often accompanied by artifacts
Chimpanzee and bonobo lineages diverge due to a river's change in course
First known /Homo habilis/ fossils
Oldest solid evidence for use of fire, presumably by /Homo erectus/
Five /Homo erectus/ individuals, one elderly, die in what is now Dmanisi, Georgia, in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains
/Homo erectus/ has made it to islands of Java, Southeast Asia
Ancestors of Wooly and Columbian Mammoth cross into the Americas
Acheulean tool culture begins, spreads
"Turkana Boy"/"Nariokotome Boy," /Homo erectus/, dies at age 8 at what is now Lake Turkana, northern Kenya
Tools consistent with /Homo erectus/ tool culture on Indonesian island Flores
Several individuals of unnamed diminutive species die on the Indonesian island Flores at Mata Menge
Wooden spears used to kill animals in what is now Germany
Transitional form between /H. erectus/ and modern /H. sapiens/ dies in what is now Atapuerca Cave, Northern Spain
Transitional form between /H. erectus/ and modern /H. sapiens/ dies in what is now Arago, Southern France
A morphologically modern /Homo sapiens/ dies in what is now Jebel Irhoud, Morocco
Brain size in genus /Homo/ has reached modern proportions
Transitional form between /H. erectus/ and modern /H. sapiens/ dies in what is now Dali, China
A morphologically modern /Homo sapiens/ with no genetic relation to living populations dies in what is now Skhul, Israel
A morphologically modern /Homo sapiens/ with no genetic relation to living populations dies in what is now Qafzeh, Israel
Art is painted onto the walls of caves in what is now Australia
Tiny monkeys are living in tropical forests
Several morphologically modern humans die near what is now Cro-Magnon, France
Human footprints are left at what is now Kow Swamp, Australia
Hohle Fels Cave Venus Figurine is constructed in what is now southwest Germany
Art is painted onto the walls of caves in what is now Europe
Most "archaic" populations are morphologically extinct
First humans arrive in the Americas
First known bow (as in bow & arrow)
Potassium-Argon dating can be used on volcanic material at least this old
Intentional burial
Pigments and paints for artistic purposes are being manufactured in what is now Blombos Cave, South Africa
Ancestors of living aboriginal Australians diverged and became isolated in what is now Australia
A wave of migration took a coastal route from what is now Africa/ the Middle East to what is now southern Asia
Ancestors and genetic contributors to the modern human gene pool leave Africa
Next wave of migration into what is now South Central Asia/Kazakhstan area
Characteristics begin to diverge from typical African morphology and specific Central Asian DNA markers begin to crop up
DNA is not viable if older than this
Radiocarbon dating is accurate up to this far back
Humans are present in what is now Meadowcroft, Pennsylvania
Humans partner up with dogs
Humans are present in what is now Monte Verde, Chile
Humans are present in what is now the Paisley Caves in Oregon
A /Bison antiquus/ is butchered and processed by humans at what is now Ayer Pond on Orcas Island in Washington
Native American lineages diverge from North and East Asian lineages according to DNA
Humans with more archaic appearances and no genetic relation to living aboriginals die at what is now Kow Swamp, Australia
An American Mastodon dies at human hands in what is now Sequim, Washington
A human dies in what is now Monte Verde, Chile
Humans domesticate the goat
Bellingham is likely ice-free as the ice sheet recedes northward
Most Pleistocene megafauna are extinct in the Pacific Northwest region but still exist farther north
Humans domesticate the cow
Humans begin to invent agriculture in pockets across the globe
Oldest archaeological sites in Bellingham
Humans domesticate the pig
Cats trick humans into being their slaves
"Kennewick Man"/ "The Ancient One" dies
Humans domesticate the honeybee
Oldest known recovered artifact preserved in ice
Radiocarbon dating can give an accurate age for organic material up to this far back
Pacific Northwest region probably roughly looks, geographically, how it looks today
Earliest written word, roughly
Village exists in what is now Semiamu Bay, Blaine, Washington
Christopher Columbus ruins a lot of people's lives
Linnaeus developed the first standardized scientific classification system for life on Earth
Pingelap Typhoon
First /Homo erectus/ fossils are found in Java
First /Australopithecus africanus/ fossils are discovered in South African caves, genus name /Australopithecus/ is coined
Radiocarbon dating is developed
Mary Leakey discovers an /Australopithecus boisei/ skull in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
Wastewater treatment plant is built in Semiamu Bay, Blaine, Washington
Fossil "Lucy" of bipedal /Australopithecus afarensis/ is discovered in Ethiopia
Richard and Meave Leakey discover "Turkana Boy"/ "Nariokotome Boy" of bipedal /Homo erectus/ at Lake Turkana in northern Kenya
NAGPRA passed
Five /Homo erectus/ individuals are discovered in Dmanisi, Georgia, in the lesser Caucasus Mountains
"Kennewick Man"/ "The Ancient One" is discovered in Kennewick, Washington
Wastewater treatment plant in Semiamu Bay is failing due to population increase; renovation leads to scandal and desecration
Chimpanzee and human genomes are sequenced
Fossil "Toumai" of possibly bipedal /Sahelanthropus tchadensis/ is discovered on the edge of the Sahara in northern Chad
13 individuals of diminutive /Homo floresiensis/ are discovered in Liang Bua Cave on the Indonesian island of Flores
"Kennewick Man"/ "The Ancient One" is repatriated and reburied
Çatalhöyük, a neolithic village, exists in what is now Turkey
First Contact
Summer temperatures have reached modern levels
Bering Strait flooded
Sumatra separated from Malaysia
Sea-level rise slows
Earliest known pottery vessels in East Asia
Periods
CENOZOIC
PALEOGENE
NEOGENE
PALEOCENE
EOCENE
OLIGOCENE
MIOCENE
PLIOCENE
PLEISTOCENE
HOLOCENE
PALEOLITHIC
MESOLITHIC
NEOLITHIC
Ape genus /Dryopithecus/ East Africa and Eurasia
Ape genus /Sivapithecus/ Southeast Asia and Middle East
Ape genus /Gigantopithecus/ China, India, and Vietnam
Ape genus /Sahelanthropus/ Posslble biped
Evolution of habitual bipedalism
/Ardipithecus kadabba/
Ape genus /Ardipithecus/ Undisputed biped
/Australopithecus anamensis/ Kenya and Ethiopia
Ape genus /Australopithecus/ Undisputed biped
/Australopithecus afarensis/ Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Kenya
Significant increase in brain size in early genus /Homo/
Robust Australopithecines East and South Africa
/Australopithecus boisei/ Robust Australopithecine Kenya
/Australopithecus robustus/ Robust Australopithecine South Africa
Populations of /Homo erectus/ are widespread
Diminutive /Homo floresiensis/ Flores, Indonesia
Mousterian tool culture is standard
Modern /Homo Sapiens/ pulse out of Africa, eventually populating the world
Beringa Land Bridge is traversible
Clovis culture is widespread in North America and distinctive fluted stone tools are common
CLASSIC PERIOD
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
Alfred Russel Wallace
Dian Fossey
Jane Goodall
Birute Galdikas
Natufians live in what is now the Jordan River Valley
Neolithic revolution
Çatalhöyük excavated
Ice Age
Younger Dryas Phase
Sundaland loses more than half its land area to rising sea levels
Sahara begins to become a desert
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