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years ago. It took thousands of years for writing systems to be widely adopted, with writing having spread to almost all cultures by the 19th century. The end of prehistory therefore came at different times in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory
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are notable for their gigantic structures. Although some late
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are also providing valuable insight. Cultural anthropologists help provide context for societal interactions, by which objects of human origin pass among people, allowing an analysis of any article that arises in a human prehistoric context. Therefore, data about prehistory is provided by a wide
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and by analogy with pre-literate societies observed in modern times. The key step to understanding prehistoric evidence is dating, and reliable dating techniques have developed steadily since the nineteenth century. Further evidence has come from the reconstruction of
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with a single room. Settlements might have a surrounding stone wall to keep domesticated animals in and hostile tribes out. Later settlements have rectangular mud-brick houses where the family lived in single or multiple rooms. Burial findings suggest an
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tended to be very small and egalitarian, although hunter-gatherer societies with abundant resources or advanced food-storage techniques sometimes developed sedentary lifestyles with complex social structures such as chiefdoms, and
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Chalcolithic in the Middle East is characterized in archaeological stone tool assemblages by a decline in high quality raw material procurement and use. North Africa and the Nile Valley imported its iron technology from the
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metallurgy appeared alongside the widespread use of stone tools. During this period, some weapons and tools were made of copper. This period was still largely
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is constructed. This stone-built village consisted of ten clustered houses with stone hearths, beds, cupboards, and an ancient sewer system. This village occupied for 600 years before being abandoned in
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by about 800 years, and suggests that copper smelting may have been invented independently in separate parts of Asia and Europe at that time, rather than spreading from a single source. The emergence of
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were the first civilizations to develop their own scripts and keep historical records, with their neighbours following. Most other civilizations reached their end of prehistory during the following
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An array of
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who use excavation, geologic and geographic surveys, and other scientific analysis to reveal and interpret the nature and behavior of pre-literate and non-literate peoples. Human population
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coincided with other changes, often including more sophisticated agricultural practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles, which makes the archaeological Iron Age coincide with the "
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coincides in some areas with the beginnings of the Bronze Age. After the appearance of writing, people started creating texts including written records of administrative matters.
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spent several years living among native peoples, and described their way of life in a comprehensive treatise. In Europe the relatively well-documented classical cultures of
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Extinction of the World's Languages. By Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine Merton Professor of English Language University of Oxford. pp. 102–103.
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and 1.8 million years ago, respectively. Depending on the date when relevant records become a useful academic resource, its end date also varies. For example, in
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Neolithic ritual activity, Bronze Age occupation and medieval activity at Pitlethie Road, Leuchars, Fife".
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contains the oldest securely dated evidence of copper making at high temperature, from 7,500 years ago. The find in 2010 extends the known record of copper
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Invention of Cuneiform: Writing In Sumer. Trans.Zainab, Bahrani. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. Ebook.
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have been found at some sites. These technologies first occur in Africa, associated with the Azilian cultures, before spreading to Europe through the
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by early hominins during the Lower Palaeolithic Era is uncertain and has at best limited scholarly support. The most widely accepted claim is that
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might have become available during the later Neolithic, as suggested by finds of perforated stones that (depending on size) may have served as
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in subsequent centuries. Around this time, a round stone tower, now preserved at about 8.5 meters high and 8.5 meters in diameter is built in
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c. 26,000 BP / 24,000 BCE – People around the world use fibres to make baby-carriers, clothes, bags, baskets, and nets.
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evidence: prehistoric materials and human remains. These were at first understood by the collection of
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Neolithic migrations in Europe c. 5000–4000 BC. The people of the Proto-Indo-European
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The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
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The Mesolithic period began with the retreat of glaciers at the end of the
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Both dates consequently vary widely from region to region. For example, in
5401:"The Origin of Cultivation and Proto-Weeds, Long Before Neolithic Farming"
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into Europe and Asia. These migrations are thought to have spread Yamnaya
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908:"Palaeolithic" means "Old Stone Age", and begins with the first use of
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5541:"Response to Comment on "Early Domesticated Fig in the Jordan Valley""
4638:"Stone Age - Prehistoric Americas, Tools, Artifacts | Britannica"
4216:"3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya"
4110:
Geroulanos, Stefanos (2024). "Chapter 4: Humanity, Divided by Three".
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5645:"No-Till: The Quiet Revolution", by David Huggins and John Reganold,
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Toups, M.A.; Kitchen, A.; Light, J.E.; Reed, D. L. (September 2010).
4166:
Through the Ages in Palestinian Archaeology: An Introductory Handbook
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3102:, cultivation of barley and wheat begins. At first they are used for
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Settlements became more permanent, some with circular houses made of
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ended have a much more evident Mesolithic era, lasting millennia. In
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The primary researchers into human prehistory are archaeologists and
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44:
5458:
Stuart, Gene S. (1979). "Ice Age Hunters: Artists in Hidden Cages".
5384:
Stuart, Gene S. (1979). "Ice Age Hunters: Artists in Hidden Cages".
5344:, a publication of the National Geographic Society, 1979. pp. 11–18.
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2869:(LGM). Subsequently, the ice melts and the glaciers retreat again (
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Remains from this period are few and far between, often limited to
851:", are modern labels with definitions sometimes subject to debate.
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Evolutionary Origins of Morality: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
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The Mesolithic is characterized in most areas by small composite
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Lev-Yadun, S.; Ne'Eman, G.; Abbo, S.; Flaishman, M. A. (2006).
5472:"Shift from Savannah to Sahara was Gradual", by Kenneth Chang,
5340:
Gene S. Stuart, "Ice Age Hunters: Artists in Hidden Cages." In
5149:"How We Got Here: DNA Points to a Single Migration From Africa"
3920:"Viewing the Ancient Celts through the Lens of Greece and Rome"
2952:
begins in North Africa. The region that would later become the
1336:, and the onset of the earliest recorded incidents of warfare.
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Human prehistory differs from history not only in terms of its
6990:
6698:
6464:
6422:
5115:"Mount Toba Eruption – Ancient Humans Unscathed, Study Claims"
3844:(in European Spanish). Madrid: Alianza Editorial. p. 25.
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While copper is a common ore, deposits of tin are rare in the
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Regions that experienced greater environmental effects as the
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arrived abruptly from contact with Eurasian cultures, such as
502:, but is not generally used in those parts of the world where
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made fires between 790,000 and 690,000 BP in a site at
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The geologic time scale for pre-human time periods, and the
591:
A nineteenth century concept of early humans in a wilderness
2937:(bison) sculpted in clay deep inside the cave now known as
1526:
916:. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools by
5590:"Comment on "Early Domesticated Fig in the Jordan Valley""
4809:"Pierced clay disks and Late Neolithic textile production"
3064:, and may thus be the first known instance of agriculture.
2806:
c. 40,000 BP / 38,000 BCE – First human settlement in the
1312:. By about 6,900–6,400 BCE, it included domesticated
3036:(and therefore sterile) type are cultivated in the early
4402:
Race and Human Evolution. By Milford H. Wolpoff. p. 348.
3809:. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 12.
702:, named for their predominant tool-making technologies:
4972:"Three-age system | archaeology | Britannica"
3962:
Prehistoric Minds: Human Origins as a Cultural Artefact
2862:
period in Europe. Harpoons, needles, and saws invented.
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and followed the Near Eastern course of Bronze Age and
1257:". It ended when metal tools became widespread (in the
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Throughout the Palaeolithic, humans generally lived as
571:, in southeast Turkey, erected for ritual use by early
4750:
North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles X
4705:
Leonard D. Katz Rigby; S. Stephen Henry Rigby (2000).
4612:"World Museum of Man: Neolithic / Chalcolithic Period"
1657:
In archaeology, the Iron Age refers to the advent of
1368:
may have created the earliest system of writing. The
1094:, agriculture was already underway by the end of the
1071:, 'stone'), was a period in the development of human
5539:
Kislev, M. E.; Hartmann, A.; Bar-Yosef, O. (2006b).
4595:
First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies
1567:. These naturally occurring ores typically included
1320:. The Neolithic period saw the development of early
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5202:"Settlers' history rewritten: go back 30,000 years"
3758:
New York: Prentice-Hall, (Seventh ed.), Chapter One
3009:were the result of a genetic admixture between the
1191:. However, independent discovery is not ruled out.
992:originated some 300,000 years ago, ushering in the
4906:"Serbian site may have hosted first copper makers"
4885:
3802:
869:it is called by different names and begins with a
5704:"The first Europeans weren't who you might think"
5293:The First Residents of Melbourne's Western Region
4711:. United kingdom: Imprint Academic. p. 158.
1646:means the term Iron Age is replaced by "Roman", "
1411:Artist's impression of a Copper Age walled city,
1203:Entrance to the Ä gantija phase temple complex of
943:The early part of the Palaeolithic is called the
831:, but in the way it deals with the activities of
4781:. Teachers' Curriculum Institute. Archived from
3772:(Ninth ed.). London: Routledge. p. 8.
1486:(the traditional view), although finds from the
912:. The Paleolithic is the earliest period of the
784:variety of natural and social sciences, such as
4067:"The Prehistoric Mind as a Historical Artefact"
3525:1st millennium BCE in North American prehistory
3520:2nd millennium BCE in North American prehistory
3073:– Circles of T-shaped stone pillars erected at
1343:The monumental building at Luni sul Mignone in
4954:"The University of Chicago Magazine: Features"
2776:, and the northwestern coast of North America.
1482:, where it gave rise to the Bronze Age in the
1060:The Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age (from the
5776:
5462:. National Geographic Society. pp. 8–10.
4776:"Aspects of Life During the Neolithic Period"
4291:"How Early Humans Shaped the World With Fire"
1705:
951:site in Kenya. These tools predate the genus
904:before the present (its accuracy is disputed)
387:
8:
5295:, (revised edition), Harriland Press, 1997.
5186:. "Traces of a Distant Past", by Gary Stix,
5182:This is indicated by the M130 marker in the
4884:Sasha Blakeley; Christopher Muscato (2023).
4168:. By Walter E. Ras. p. 49.ISBN 9781563380556
5737:Submerged Landscapes Archaeological Network
3943:The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
3530:1st millennium in North American prehistory
3515:Prehistoric Southwestern cultural divisions
3170:the Iceman", found preserved in ice in the
1265:; or, in some geographical regions, in the
1086:epoch, some 10,000 BP, and ended with
926: million years ago, to the end of the
698:of human prehistory into three consecutive
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5388:. National Geographic Society. p. 19.
4310:"Fire Good. Make Human Inspiration Happen"
4209:
4207:
4154:Historical Archaeology: Back from the Edge
3052:). The find predates the domestication of
2829:c. 32,000 BP / 30,000 BCE – Beginnings of
2799:c. 45,000 BP / 43,000 BCE – Beginnings of
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3748:
3740:Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind.
3734:
3732:
3730:
653:had neighbouring cultures, including the
4940:Biblical Archaeology – Maps and Findings
4651:Price, TD; Wahl, J; Bentley, RA (2006).
3954:
3952:
3283:Map of the world in 2000 BC showing the
3278:
3267:
3255:
3241:
2893:
2808:southern half of the Australian mainland
2671:c. 3.3 million BP – Earliest stone tools
1140:. In forested areas, the first signs of
611:regions, prehistory cannot begin before
5662:, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1996
4867:Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal
4522:"Songlines: the Indigenous memory code"
3914:
3912:
3650:
3535:Prehistory of Newfoundland and Labrador
721:For the prehistory of the Americas see
61:
4071:Notes and Records of the Royal Society
4020:Notes and Records of the Royal Society
3770:World Prehistory: A brief introduction
3756:World Prehistory: A brief introduction
2907:consisting of huts built of rocks and
2851:c. 30,000 BP / 28,000 BCE – A herd of
5102:from the original on 14 January 2017.
4614:. World Museum of Man. Archived from
4532:from the original on 21 December 2018
3724:Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.
2945:near what is now the border of Spain.
1431:before it was discovered that adding
1277:; its application to cultures in the
7:
5750:Prehistory in Algeria and in Morocco
5365:from the original on 3 February 2019
5238:from the original on 8 February 2014
4478:Earle, Timothy (1989). "Chiefdoms".
4214:Harmand, Sonia; et al. (2015).
3722:The birth of prehistoric chronology.
3661:Journal of Interdisciplinary History
3540:Prehistory of the Canadian Maritimes
2733:c. 170,000–83,000 BP – Invention of
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2481:
2461:
2441:
2417:
2397:
2374:
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27:Span of time before recorded history
5660:The Oxford Companion to Archaeology
4384:from the original on 8 January 2020
4262:from the original on 9 October 2021
1183:culture of Northern Africa and the
5688:Caroline Alexander, "Stonehenge",
4412:James, Steven R. (February 1989).
3959:Eddy, Matthew Daniel, ed. (2011).
3702:from the original on 8 August 2017
2911:bones is founded near what is now
25:
6907:Megalithic architectural elements
5714:from the original on 6 March 2023
4819:from the original on 1 April 2021
4756:from the original on 1 April 2021
4725:from the original on 1 April 2021
4091:from the original on 1 April 2021
4046:from the original on 1 April 2021
3995:from the original on 6 March 2023
3969:from the original on 1 April 2021
5212:from the original on 2 July 2018
5125:from the original on 8 July 2018
4570:"Hagarqim « Heritage Malta"
4118:Liveright Publishing Corporation
3308:Prehistoric Central North Africa
3166:– Approximate date of death of "
2948:c. 14,800 BP / 12,800 BCE – The
686:and its internationally defined
626:contain sites dated as early as
7526:Evolutionary origin of religion
5267:University of Western Australia
5161:from the original on 2 May 2019
5066:Molecular Biology and Evolution
4916:from the original on 8 May 2013
4887:"Copper Age / Chalcolithic Age"
4657:European Journal of Archaeology
3989:"Chalcolithic | British Museum"
2814:(including the future sites of
2691:Control of fire by early humans
1478:may have occurred first in the
1237:remained. This was a period of
1088:the introduction of agriculture
417:between the first known use of
5460:Mysteries of the Ancient World
5386:Mysteries of the Ancient World
5342:Mysteries of the Ancient World
4694:. Calgary: Western Publishers.
3252:for the last two million years
3233:across large parts of Eurasia.
694:. The three-age system is the
43:Engraved images of animals on
1:
7139:Art of the Middle Paleolithic
6669:British megalith architecture
5702:Curry, Andrew (August 2019).
5232:"Aboriginal people and place"
4280:Harmand et al., 2015, p. 315.
4180:Handbook of Paleoanthropology
4065:Eddy, Matthew Daniel (2011).
4014:Eddy, Matthew Daniel (2011).
3875:African Archaeological Review
3264:70–20 thousand years ago
3211:
3198:
3189:
3177:
3160:
3136:
3088:
3067:
3022:
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1171:, and wooden objects such as
1075:between the Palaeolithic and
940:(before the present period).
930:
920:
627:
612:
444:
425:
7134:Art of the Upper Paleolithic
6674:Nordic megalith architecture
5426:10.1371/journal.pone.0131422
4850:(1): 105–124. Archived from
4188:10.1007/978-3-540-33761-4_64
3937:Huntsman, Authors: Theresa.
3272:Global sea level during the
3079:Southeastern Anatolia Region
2956:is wet and fertile, and the
2933:c. 16,000 BP / 14,000 BCE –
2903:c. 25,000 BP / 23,000 BCE –
2833:culture, exemplified by the
1579:in some areas of the world.
1450:Chalcolithic copper mine in
3965:. Royal Society of London.
3394:Southwest Asia (Near East)
2787:and sophisticated cognition
2623:Timeline of human evolution
867:archaeology of the Americas
524:pre-Columbian civilizations
494:remains in use for much of
451:ended relatively recently.
32:Prehistory (disambiguation)
7659:
7282:British Isles and Brittany
7203:Gwion Gwion rock paintings
5311:, about 40,000 years ago."
5113:Jones, Tim (6 July 2007).
3370:Prehistory of Central Asia
2887:Settlement of the Americas
2783:, by this point including
2706:Anatomically modern humans
2674:c. 2.8 million BP – Genus
2620:
1630:
1620:
1548:during later periods. The
1514:
1465:An archaeological site in
1400:
955:and were probably used by
858:
668:
522:. With some exceptions in
504:the working of hard metals
29:
6967:
6950:
6602:
6589:
6051:
5868:
5855:
5798:
5307:valley, near present day
5259:"The Pleistocene Pacific"
5206:The Sydney Morning Herald
5027:Evolutionary Anthropology
3887:10.1007/s10437-007-9014-9
3260:Map of Europe during the
3094:/ 7000 BCE – In northern
3015:Caucasus hunter-gatherers
2965:Mesolithic/Epipaleolithic
2651:(1950)." BCE stands for "
2606:
1690:
1679:
1533:, accompanied by script,
1027:Hunter-gatherer societies
567:Massive stone pillars at
468:Indus Valley Civilisation
5743:North Pacific Prehistory
4807:Gibbs, Kevin T. (2006).
4744:Harris, Susanna (2009).
4669:10.1177/1461957107086126
3838:Menéndez, Mario (2019).
3742:New York: Modern Library
3246:Simplified phylogeny of
3011:Eastern hunter-gatherers
1613:, all of them literate.
1273:is commonly used in the
773:physical anthropologists
643:Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai
553:ancient spoken languages
7514:Evolutionary musicology
6917:Oldest extant buildings
6844:Archaeological features
6363:Prepared-core technique
5649:, July 2008, pp. 70–77.
5615:10.1126/science.1132636
5566:10.1126/science.1133748
5510:10.1126/science.1125910
5322:The People's Chronology
5234:. Sydney Barani. 2013.
5200:Macey, Richard (2007).
5190:, July 2008, pp. 56–63.
5012:www.e-education.psu.edu
4308:Magazine, Smithsonian.
3801:Forsythe, Gary (2005).
3560:Prehistoric New Zealand
3363:Prehistory of Sri Lanka
3231:Indo-European languages
3083:pre-pottery Neolithic A
2779:c. 80,000–50,000? BP –
2722:c. 300,000–30,000 BP –
2594:P a r a n t h r o p u s
2453:Dispersal beyond Africa
1652:protohistory of Ireland
833:archaeological cultures
798:comparative linguistics
575:people 11,000 years ago
529:prehistory of Australia
7476:Unchambered long cairn
7324:Mound Builders culture
6657:Neolithic architecture
5792:Prehistoric technology
4838:Green, Jean M (1993).
4084:10.1098/rsnr.2010.0097
4032:10.1098/rsnr.2010.0098
3754:Fagan, Brian. (2007).
3738:Renfrew, Colin. 2008.
3603:Lineage-bonded society
3510:Pre-Columbian Americas
3288:
3276:
3265:
3253:
3048:, 13 km north of
3018:
2899:
2858:c. 28,000–20,000 BP –
2812:indigenous Australians
2746:c. 80,000–50,000 BP –
2627:Timeline of prehistory
1725:−10 —
1588:Chinese ritual bronzes
1544:
1462:
1419:
1348:
1253:, which produced the "
1220:
1212:
1133:) in northern Europe.
1057:
905:
900:with numbers that are
891:early human migrations
592:
584:
576:
439:with the invention of
323:Post-classical history
189:Cradle of civilization
47:
7151:List of Stone Age art
6353:Microblade technology
6301:Langdale axe industry
5899:Ard / plough
5355:"Venus of Willendorf"
5147:(21 September 2016).
5078:10.1093/molbev/msq234
4958:magazine.uchicago.edu
3768:Fagan, Brian (2017).
3593:History of the family
3555:Prehistoric Australia
3383:Prehistoric Indonesia
3358:South Asian Stone Age
3338:East Asian Bronze Age
3282:
3271:
3259:
3245:
3223:Pontic–Caspian steppe
3004:
2990:Eastern Mediterranean
2897:
2621:Further information:
1815:−1 —
1805:−2 —
1795:−3 —
1785:−4 —
1775:−5 —
1765:−6 —
1755:−7 —
1745:−8 —
1735:−9 —
1621:Further information:
1598:of unused axe-heads.
1524:
1449:
1410:
1342:
1300:, and the keeping of
1218:
1202:
1053:
1036:Indigenous Australian
1032:social stratification
888:
822:physical anthropology
590:
582:
566:
435:and the beginning of
42:
7558:Prehistoric medicine
7553:Prehistoric counting
7536:Prehistoric religion
7531:Paleolithic religion
7509:Behavioral modernity
6866:Causewayed enclosure
6758:Abri de la Madeleine
5882:Neolithic Revolution
5658:Fagan, Brian M, ed.
5399:Snir, Ainit (2015).
4854:on 11 February 2015.
4480:Current Anthropology
4421:Current Anthropology
4314:Smithsonian Magazine
3720:Graslund, Bo. 1987.
3628:Prehistoric religion
3618:Prehistoric medicine
3545:Prehistory of Quebec
3437:Prehistoric Caucasus
3388:Prehistoric Thailand
3333:Japanese Paleolithic
3221:expansions from the
2871:Late Glacial Maximum
2867:Last Glacial Maximum
2781:Behavioral modernity
2730:) culture in Europe.
2711:Homo sapiens sapiens
2409:Earliest stone tools
1592:Indian copper hoards
1550:invention of writing
1372:temple complexes of
1255:Neolithic Revolution
1234:Homo sapiens sapiens
1038:"highways" known as
781:historical linguists
411:pre-literary history
161:Behavioral modernity
30:For other uses, see
7597:Prehistoric warfare
6343:Magdalenian culture
6306:Levallois technique
6237:Earliest toolmaking
5708:National Geographic
5690:National Geographic
5647:Scientific American
5606:2006Sci...314.1683L
5557:2006Sci...314.1683K
5502:2006Sci...312.1372K
5417:2015PLoSO..1031422S
5273:on 16 February 2008
5188:Scientific American
4690:Winn, Shan (1981).
4450:on 12 December 2015
4359:10.1038/nature22336
4351:2017Natur.546..289H
4240:10.1038/nature14464
4232:2015Natur.521..310H
3633:Prehistoric warfare
3496:Prehistoric Balkans
3484:Prehistoric Ireland
3479:Prehistoric Britain
3447:Prehistoric Armenia
3442:Prehistoric Georgia
3375:Prehistoric Siberia
3353:Prehistory of India
3274:Last Glacial Period
3007:Sredny Stog culture
1637:Classical antiquity
994:Middle Palaeolithic
977:Bnot Ya'akov Bridge
898:population genetics
824:, and many others.
729:History of the term
692:geologic time scale
675:Geologic time scale
518:, and parts of the
482:of prehistory into
413:, is the period of
240:Bronze Age collapse
7548:Origin of language
7541:Spiritual drug use
7451:Rectangular dolmen
7353:Dartmoor kistvaens
7166:Carved stone balls
6878:Circular enclosure
6837:Other architecture
6780:Alp pile dwellings
6368:Solutrean industry
6279:Gravettian culture
5929:Secondary products
5039:10.1002/evan.10101
4976:www.britannica.com
4844:Asian Perspectives
4618:on 8 December 2013
4576:on 3 February 2009
4120:. pp. 63–72.
3926:. 9 February 2021.
3696:"Dictionary Entry"
3613:Pantribal sodality
3489:Prehistoric Iberia
3454:Paleolithic Europe
3432:Prehistoric Europe
3398:Prehistory of Iran
3343:Chinese Bronze Age
3298:Prehistoric Africa
3289:
3277:
3266:
3254:
3227:Steppe pastoralist
3019:
2939:Le Tuc d'Audoubert
2900:
2803:culture in France.
2698:Middle Paleolithic
2210:H. heidelbergensis
1661:. The adoption of
1659:ferrous metallurgy
1545:
1484:4th millennium BCE
1463:
1439:formed the harder
1420:
1349:
1221:
1213:
1102:impact, the term "
1058:
998:burial of the dead
906:
835:rather than named
810:molecular genetics
602:written historical
593:
585:
577:
516:Sub-Saharan Africa
480:three-age division
143:Middle Paleolithic
48:
7625:
7624:
7621:
7620:
7617:
7616:
7570:Prehistoric music
7519:music archaeology
7176:Cup and ring mark
7001:Clothing/textiles
6946:
6945:
6942:
6941:
6585:
6584:
6581:
6580:
6388:Yubetsu technique
6373:Striking platform
6338:Lithic technology
6223:
6222:
6208:Game drive system
6127:Projectile points
6019:Mortar and pestle
5668:978-0-521-40216-3
5330:978-0-8050-3134-8
5305:Maribyrnong River
5301:978-0-646-33150-8
4718:978-0-7190-5612-3
4552:"Epipalaeolithic"
4345:(7657): 289–292.
4226:(7552): 310–315.
4197:978-3-540-32474-4
4127:978-1-324-09145-5
3851:978-84-9181-602-7
3816:978-0-520-94029-1
3779:978-1-317-27910-5
3623:Prehistoric music
3608:Paleoanthropology
3464:Bronze Age Europe
3423:Ancient Near East
3328:Prehistoric Korea
3323:Prehistoric China
3303:Predynastic Egypt
3114:, eventually for
3081:of Turkey during
2793:Upper Paleolithic
2758:the Malay islands
2685:Hunting-gathering
2665:Lower Paleolithic
2653:Before Common Era
2619:
2618:
2611:million years ago
2570:
2569:
2548:
2547:
2526:
2525:
2518:Earliest rock art
2504:
2503:
2480:
2479:
2473:Earliest language
2460:
2459:
2440:
2439:
2416:
2415:
2396:
2395:
2386:Earliest sign of
2373:
2372:
2363:Earliest sign of
2350:
2349:
2330:
2329:
2310:
2309:
2290:
2289:
1933:Ou. macedoniensis
1364:of the dead. The
1347:, Italy, 3500 BCE
1013:Upper Paleolithic
945:Lower Paleolithic
764:Means of research
723:Pre-Columbian era
596:Beginning and end
433:million years ago
404:
403:
156:Upper Paleolithic
118:Lower Paleolithic
16:(Redirected from
7650:
7585:Divje Babe flute
7492:Archaeoastronomy
7235:Petrosomatoglyph
6969:
6952:
6801:Water management
6604:
6591:
6494:Denticulate tool
6316:Lithic reduction
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5257:Sandra Bowdler.
5254:
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4912:. 17 July 2010.
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3718:
3712:
3711:
3709:
3707:
3692:
3686:
3685:
3655:
3459:Neolithic Europe
3408:Natufian culture
3379:Southeast Asia:
3315:Prehistoric Asia
3216:
3215: 3,000 BCE
3213:
3203:
3202: 3,000 BCE
3200:
3194:
3193: 2,500 BCE
3191:
3182:
3181: 3,100 BCE
3179:
3165:
3164: 3,300 BCE
3162:
3141:
3140: 3,700 BCE
3138:
3093:
3092: 8,000 BCE
3090:
3072:
3071: 9,000 BCE
3069:
3027:
3024:
2978:Natufian culture
2975:
2972:
2704:c. 300,000 BP –
2689:c. 400,000 BP –
2683:c. 600,000 BP –
2599:
2597:
2596:
2582:
2580:
2564:
2555:
2550:
2542:
2540:Earliest clothes
2533:
2528:
2520:
2511:
2506:
2487:
2482:
2467:
2462:
2447:
2442:
2429:Earliest sign of
2423:
2418:
2403:
2398:
2388:Australopithecus
2380:
2375:
2357:
2352:
2343:Earliest bipedal
2337:
2332:
2323:Chimpanzee split
2317:
2312:
2297:
2292:
2277:
2272:
2258:
2257:
2243:
2242:
2226:
2212:
2198:
2170:
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2137:
2124:
2096:
2094:Australopithecus
2083:
2068:
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2001:
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1962:
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1892:
1880:
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1700:
1694:
1684:
1683:Hominin timeline
1677:
1654:is an example.
1543:
1540:
1480:Fertile Crescent
1362:preserved skulls
1106:" is preferred.
1067:, 'middle', and
1023:hunter-gatherers
935:
932:
925:
922:
889:Proposed map of
794:archaeoastronomy
746:three-age system
738:Quarterly Review
690:base within the
671:Three-age system
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614:
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437:recorded history
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310:Earliest records
295:Recorded history
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7466:Stone box grave
7436:Megalithic tomb
7341:Cotswold-Severn
7293:
7198:Guardian stones
7126:Prehistoric art
7120:
6963:
6938:
6927:Timber trackway
6832:
6796:
6792:Wattle and daub
6645:
6624:Standing stones
6598:
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5892:New World crops
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3474:Atlantic fringe
3469:Iron Age Europe
3262:WĂĽrm glaciation
3240:
3214:
3201:
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3180:
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3151:proto-cuneiform
3139:
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3098:, now northern
3091:
3070:
3025:
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2976:to 9,500 BCE –
2973:
2967:
2913:Dolnà Věstonice
2865:c. 26,500 BP –
2801:Châtelperronian
2739:c. 75,000 BP –
2661:
2635:, archaeology,
2629:
2615:
2614:
2602:
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1629:
1627:Ancient history
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1542: 1200 BCE
1541:
1525:Painting of an
1519:
1513:
1405:
1399:
1197:
1187:culture of the
1115:Northern Europe
1104:Epipalaeolithic
1048:
1006:prehistoric art
963:control of fire
933:
923:
893:, according to
883:
873:, or sometimes
863:
857:
766:
750:anthropologists
731:
718:or Copper Age.
684:geologic record
677:
669:Main articles:
667:
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6900:Thornborough
6818:Flush toilet
6753:Blombos Cave
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6704:Quiggly hole
6596:Architecture
6571:illustration
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6034:Storage pits
5997:Aşıklı Höyük
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5823:Subdivisions
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2950:Humid Period
2905:A settlement
2885:culture and
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6509:Hammerstone
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5277:26 February
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2875:Magdalenian
2831:Aurignacian
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