about 70,000 BC |
Neanderthal Homo sapiens fashions the first basic tools |
about 50,000 BC |
first dwellings built by humans |
about 35,000 BC |
Cro-Magnon Homo sapiens produces tools that are assembled from different parts |
about 30,000 BC |
first known artworks (cave paintings, bone engravings, ivory carvings) |
about 20,000 BC |
first domestication of animals |
about 10,000 BC |
begin of agriculture |
about 6,700 - 5,650 BC |
introduction of pottery |
about 3,200 - 3,100 BC |
script on clay tablets developed in Sumer, Mesopotamia |
about 3,100 BC |
development of cities in the Indus plain (early Indus culture); |
about 3,100 BC |
construction of Stonehenge begins |
about 3,000 - 2,900 BC |
script on clay tablets developed in Elam, Mesopotamia |
about 3,000 BC |
begin of metal smeltering |