Part Seven: The Human
Timeline and Us
William Hudson.
Latest update 20th October 2012
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3,400,000
BP
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Earliest
known use of stone tools by Australopithecus
afarensis (“Lucy”) in East Africa
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2,400,000
BP
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Appearance
of the genus Homo in East Africa (Homo habilis)
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800,000
BP
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The
Happisburgh flints (Norfolk), oldest evidence of humans in Britain (possibly Homo antecessor)
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500,000
BP
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Earliest
hominid remains in Britain (Homo
heidelbergensis)
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300,000
BP
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First
widespread use of fire
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250,000
BP
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Appearance of modern
humans in East Africa (Homo sapiens
sapiens)
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150,000
BP
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Date of “mitochondrial
Eve” in East Africa
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140,000
BP
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Possible
extinction of Homo erectus
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90,000
BP
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Date of “Y-chromosomal
Adam” in East Africa
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60,000
BP
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Migration of
modern humans out of Africa
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55,000
BP
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Appearance of the
U mitochondrial haplogroup (William)
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45,000
BP
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Appearance of the
J mitochondrial haplogroup (Sharon)
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43,000
BP
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Earliest
known remains of the Upper Paleolithic Cro-Magnon man; the first modern
humans in Europe.
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35,000
BP
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Oldest
known cave paintings (France)
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26,000
BP
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Onset
of the Last Glacial Maximum
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25,000
BP
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Extinction
of Homo neanderthalensis
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20,000
BP
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Appearance of the
R1b y-chromosomal haplogroup (William & Willy)
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20,000
BP
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Appearance of the
U5a mitochondrial sub-haplogroup (William)
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19,000
BP
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Appearance of the
J2a mitochondrial sub-haplogroup (Sharon)
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12,500
BP
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End
of last European ice age
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9,000
BC
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Cereal
crops first grown in the Fertile Crescent and first attempts at domestication
of animals (start of the Neolithic era)
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7,500
BC
(=
9,500 BP)
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Appearance of the
R1b1a2 y-chromosomal sub-haplogroup (William)
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7150
BC
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Death of the Mesolithic
“Cheddar Man” who belonged to the mitochondrial U5a haplogroup (William)
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4500
BC
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Invention
of the wheel, possibly in Mesopotamia
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4000
BC
(=
6,000 BP)
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Appearance of the
U5a2a mitochondrial sub-haplogroup (William)
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3400
BC
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Writing
invented in southern Mesopotamia
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3300
BC
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First
use of copper and bronze marked the start of the Bronze Age
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3100
BC
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Neolitithic
village at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands
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2560
BC
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Completion
of the Great Pyramid of Giza
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1341
BC
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Death of the
Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun who belonged to the y-chromosomal haplogroup
R1b1a2 (William & Willy)
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1,200
BC
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First
use of iron in Turkey marked the start of the Iron Age
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700
BC
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Homer
writes the Iliad and the Odyssey
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