Capsian culture flourishes in modern-day Tunisia
The Capsian culture was a Mesolithic and Neolithic culture centered in the Maghreb that lasted from about 8,000 to 2,700 B.C.E.
Capsian culture flourishes in modern-day Tunisia Read more
The Capsian culture was a Mesolithic and Neolithic culture centered in the Maghreb that lasted from about 8,000 to 2,700 B.C.E.
Capsian culture flourishes in modern-day Tunisia Read more
Archaeologists have long debated what caused the Neolithic Revolution, when prehistoric human beings gave up the nomadic life, founded villages and began to farm the land.
Humans begin living in large villages, perhaps in modern-day Turkey Read more
People started to cultivate yams, rather than digging up wild ones, as long as 10,000 years ago in both Africa and Asia, and some time later in the New World.
Humans begin cultivating yams in West Africa Read more
The oldest evidence for this is in the Kuk Swamp area, where planting, digging and staking of plants, and possibly drainage have been used to cultivate taro, banana, sago and yam.
New Guineans begin practicing agriculture for first time Read more
Guitarrero Cave has evidence of human use around 8,000 B.C.E. In the 1960s, archeologists discovered artifacts in an extraordinary state of preservation at the site. Remarkably, textiles, wood and leather tools, and basketry have been preserved intact.
The ancient people of South America independently invent clothing Read more
The area surrounding Iguazu Falls was inhabited 10,000 years ago by the hunter-gatherers of the Eldoradense culture.
The first bricks that we know about were being made in Jericho as long ago as 8000 B.C.E. The people there had discovered they could make simple bricks by leaving clay mud to dry in the sun.
The first bricks are invented and used, perhaps in modern-day West Bank Read more
The oldest known fishing net is the net of Antrea, found with other fishing equipment in the Karelian town of Antrea, Finland, in 1913. The net was made from willow, and dates back to 8300 B.C.E.
Humans invent the fishing net Read more
Fully-developed village farming emerged at various Zagros sites such as Jarmo, Sarāb, upper Ali Kosh, and upper Gūrān.
Fully-developed village farming settlements emerge in modern-day Iran Read more
Al-Magar was a prehistoric culture of the Neolithic whose epicenter lied in modern-day southwestern Najd in Saudi Arabia. Al-Magar is possibly one of the first cultures in the world where widespread domestication of animals occurred.
The Al-Magar civilization emerges in modern-day Saudi Arabia Read more