History of humanity in 30cm

  • First anatomically modern homo sapiens ( mitochondrial Eve)
    200,000 BCE

    First anatomically modern homo sapiens ( mitochondrial Eve)

    The oldest mitochondrial DNA found so far comes from Northeastern Botswana, in what was once the great Makgadikgadi Lake.
  • End of last ice age
    9500 BCE

    End of last ice age

    The earth began to warm and the soil is more fertile.

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