Humans settle in modern-day Japan for the first time
Japan was then connected to mainland Asia by at least one land bridge, and nomadic hunter-gatherers crossed to Japan.
Humans settle in modern-day Japan for the first time Read more
Japan was then connected to mainland Asia by at least one land bridge, and nomadic hunter-gatherers crossed to Japan.
Humans settle in modern-day Japan for the first time Read more
One motif – a faint red dot – at El Castillo Cave in Spain is said to be more than 40,000 years old.
First known cave art created in modern-day Spain Read more
The earliest direct evidence of Homo sapiens on Britain is a jaw fragment found in Kent’s Cavern, Devon estimated it to be at least 40,000 years old.
Homo sapiens settle island of Great Britain Read more
Isotopic analysis of the skeletal remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish.
Human begin fishing for first time Read more
The oldest tally sticks date to between 35,000 and 25,000 years ago, in the form of notched bones found in the context of the European Aurignacian to Gravettian and in Africa’s Late Stone Age.
Human invent tally marks, their first numeral systems Read more
The Griffith University professor Maxime Aubert and his team were able to determine that the Sulawesi paintings are, at minimum, 39,900 years old.
Humans create art for the first time, possibly in Indonesia Read more
The human presence on the island dates back at least 40,000 years, to the oldest homo sapiens migrations out of Africa.
Humans first arrive in New Guinea Read more
The world’s oldest fish hook has been unearthed at a site in East Timor, alongside evidence that modern humans were catching fish from the open ocean as far back as 42,000 years ago.
Humans in East Timor begin fishing in the open sea Read more
Evidence indicates the presence of Aborigines in Tasmania about 40,000 years ago. Rising sea levels cut Tasmania off from mainland Australia about 10,000 years ago and by the time of European contact, the Aboriginal people in Tasmania had nine major nations, or ethnic groups
Humans reach and begin settling Tasmania Read more
The Löwenmensch figurine or Lion-man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel is a prehistoric ivory sculpture that was discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a German cave in 1939.
Lion-man of the Hohlenstein-Stadel, the first known example of figurative art, is made Read more