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.