Early people By Cdowner Dec 31, 1111 5,000 Years ago people had no way to write. 5,000 years ago people had no way to write. Dec 17, 1112 The earliest humans lived millions of years ago Dec 16, 1115 About 2.5 million years ago humans learned how tomake tools out of stones. Dec 17, 1589 About 200,000 years ago Netherlands appeared in Europe ands parts of Asia . Dec 17, 1960 British archeologists found a piece of a human skull. Nov 30, 1974 On November 30, 1974 donald johanson helped shape how scientists view early humans. Dec 17, 2007 Scientists analyzed a fossil skull that had been found in South Africa. Dec 17, 2008 Finally in 2008 Scientists completed a genetic study of neterlands