PRE-HISTORY
PRE-HISTORY: The period of time beginning with the appearance of people on earth and ending with the 1st written
records.
TIME LINE OF EVENTS:
c. 3,000,000
c. 1,750,000
Paleolithic Age Begins
1st groups of people appear in Africa... Homo Habilis “man with ability” or skillful man.
c. 1,200,000
Homo Erectus “man who walks upright” appears
c. 900,000-700,000
People began to migrate out of Africa
c. 750,000
Fire Discovered
c. 300,000 - 200,000
Homo Sapiens “thinking man” appears – Neanderthals and Cro-magnon man
c. 40,000 -15,000
People migrated to North/South America
c. 8,000 bc
Neolithic Age Begins (The Neolithic Revolution)
c. 7,500 bc
Farming Villages develop
c. 3,500 bc
Writing develops (Pre-historic period ends)
PRE-HISTORY
PRE-HISTORY: The period of time beginning with the appearance of people on earth and ending with the 1st written
records.
TIME LINE OF EVENTS:
c. 3,000,000
c. 1,750,000
Paleolithic Age Begins
1st groups of people appear in Africa... Homo Habilis “man with ability” or skillful man.
c. 1,200,000
Homo Erectus “man who walks upright” appears
c. 900,000-700,000
People began to migrate out of Africa
c. 750,000
Fire Discovered
c. 300,000 - 200,000
Homo Sapiens “thinking man” appears – Neanderthals and Cro-magnon man
c. 40,000 -15,000
People migrated to North/South America
c. 8,000 bc
Neolithic Age Begins (The Neolithic Revolution)
c. 7,500 bc
Farming Villages develop
c. 3,500 bc
Writing develops (Pre-historic period ends)