Timeline number 1

By jjrexro1

  • Hominids

    1. The best-known Australopithecus species are A. afarensis (3.6–2.9 mya) from East Africa and A. africanus (3.2–2.0mya) from South Africa. 2. "There was a great diversity of ape species in the Miocene, with dozens of species known from the fossil record across Africa, Europe, and Asia." 3. "The oldest hominins currently known are Sahelanthropus tchadensis from Chad (Brunet et al. 2005) and Orrorin tugenensis from Kenya (Senut et al. 2001)." This is all from Nature.com

  • Paleolithic Era

    1. "The onset of the Paleolithic Period has traditionally coincided with the first evidence of tool construction and use by Homo some 2.58 million years ago, near the beginning of the Pleistocene Epoch (2.58 million to 11,700 years ago)." I got this from http://www.britannannica.com

  • Neolithic Era

    1. "The Neolithic Revolution, also called the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small, nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization." I got this from https://www.history.com.

  • Early Man Artifacts

    1. " By about 1.76 million years ago, early humans began to strike really large flakes and then continue to shape them by striking smaller flakes from around the edges. The resulting implements included a new kind of tool called a handaxe. These tools and other kinds of ‘large cutting tools’ characterize the Acheulean toolkit." I got this from http://humanorigins.si.edo.