Timeline pt 1 - Timeline

(3.5m) Famous Fossil named Lucy roamed the Earth

(3.3m) Australopithecus Deyiremed from Ethiopia roamed the Earth

(2.3m) Homo habalis first thought to have appeared in Africa

(1.85m) First Modern Hand Emerges

(1.6m) Hand Axes become the first major technological innovation

(800,000) Early humans control fire and create hearths. Brain size increases

(400,000) Neanderthals first begin to appear and spread across Europe and Asia

(300,000) Early Humans ancestors leave Africa

(200,000) Homo sapiens, modern humans, appear in Africa

(40,000) Modern Humans reach Europe

(30,000) Cavemen were founded due to a tooth found in a cave

(20,000) Neanderthal (homo) become extinct

(10,000) Cows and other animals appeared

(3.4m) Australopithecus Bahrelghazali from Chad roamed the Earth

(2.7m) Paranthropus lived in the woods. Had big jaws for chewing.