Rise of Humanity (Chapter 1 Review timeline)

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  • 3,700,000 B.C.

    3,700,000 B.C.

    Australopithecus skeletal remains from this date are found by archaeologists.
  • 2,500,000 B.C.

    2,500,000 B.C.

    first stone tools appear.
  • 1,600,000 B.C.

    1,600,000 B.C.

    Java man and Peking man appear.
  • 128,000 B.C.

    128,000 B.C.

    Neaderthal people appear.
  • 33,000 B.C.

    33,000 B.C.

    Cro-Magnon people appear.
  • 8000 B.C.

    8000 B.C.

    Last ice age ends, new stone age begins.
  • 3,000 B.C.

    3,000 B.C.

    Bronze Age begins in Nile and Tigris-Euphrates River valleys.
  • 1200 B.C.

    1200 B.C.

    Iron Age begins in southwestern Asia.