First human settlement built in Australia
They used carbon dating on nuggets of hearth charcoal and eggshells to discover that the shelter was first occupied about 50,000 years ago.
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They used carbon dating on nuggets of hearth charcoal and eggshells to discover that the shelter was first occupied about 50,000 years ago.
First human settlement built in Australia Read more
Although often debated, most scholars agree that modern human behavior can be characterized by abstract thinking, planning depth, symbolicbehavior (e.g., art, ornamentation, music), exploitation of large game, and blade technology, among others.
A 50,000-year-old Neanderthal skeleton discovered in a cave in France was intentionally buried.
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The 7 centimetre (2 3/4 inch) needle was made and used by our long extinct Denisovan ancestors, a recently-discovered hominin species or subspecies.
Proto-humans in modern-day Siberia begin using sewing needles Read more
The use of plants as medicines predates written human history. Archaeological evidence indicates that humans were using medicinal plants during the Paleolithic, approximately 60,000 years ago.
Humans begin practicing herbalism Read more
Some of the earliest arrowheads come from South Africa. As people spread from Africa to India, Australia, all over Asia, and Europe, they took their bows and arrows with them.
Humans, perhaps in South Africa, invent the bow and arrow Read more
Researchers have found evidence that suggests the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians landed in the northern part of Australia at least 65,000 years ago.
Homo Sapiens arrive in Australia for first time Read more
A team of archaeologists has uncovered some of the world’s earliest shell ornaments in a limestone cave in Eastern Morocco.
Humans in Ancient Morocco manufacture jewelry for first time Read more
The earliest undisputed human burial dates back 100,000 years. Human skeletal remains stained with red ochre were discovered in the Skhul cave at Qafzeh, Israel.
Humans begin burying dead, perhaps in modern-day Israel Read more
The Semliki harpoon, also known as the Katanda harpoon, refers to a group of complex barbed harpoon heads carved from bone, which were found at an archaeologic site on the Semliki River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Humans invent the harpoon, perhaps in modern day Democratic Republic of Congo Read more