Chapter 1 Timeline Flashcards
1
Q
Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa
A
250,000-200,000 BP
2
Q
Beginnings of migration out of Africa
A
100,000-60,000 BP
3
Q
Human entry into eastern Asia
A
70,000 BP
4
Q
Human entry into Australia (first use of boats)
A
60,000-40,000 BP
5
Q
Human entry into Europe
A
45,000 BP
6
Q
Extinction of large mammals in Australia
A
30,000 BP
7
Q
Human entry into the Americas
A
30,000-15,000 BP
8
Q
Cave art in Europe
A
30,000-17,000 BP
9
Q
Extinction of Neanderthals
A
25,000 BP
10
Q
End of last Ice Age (global warming)
A
16,000-10,000 BP
11
Q
Earliest agricultural revolutions
A
12,000-10,000 BP
12
Q
Extinction of large mammals in North America
A
11,000 BP
13
Q
First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia
A
After 6,000 BP
14
Q
Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico
A
6,000-5,000 BP
15
Q
Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
A
3,500-1,000 BP
