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Events relating to athens
Amphibians develop lungs, enabling them to live on land as well as in the water
A primate of this period, at ease both in the trees and on the ground, is probably the common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans
Certain primates, in eastern and southern Africa, are by now sufficiently like humans to be classed as hominids
Creatures of the genus Homo, classified as early modern humans, are living in east Africa
Homo erectus, moves out of Africa and begins to spread through Europe and Asia
Humans in coastal areas of South Africa extend their diet to include shellfish and other marine sources of food
The last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals evolves in Africa (possibly the species known as Homo Rhodesiensis)
Humans are by this time living in Britain, in what is now Norfolk, and are making stone tools
Humans evolve who can be classified as Homo sapiens - among them Neanderthal Man
The Middle Palaeolithic era covers the period when Neanderthals and modern humans coexist in Europe and Asia
Fossilized bones found in the caves of Skhul and Qafzeh, in modern Israel, are of anatomically modern humans
The first human inhabitants of Australia make the crossing from southeast Asia
The Neanderthals vanish quite suddenly from the fossil record, leaving modern humans as the only surviving members of our species
Somebody in southern Africa cuts grooves in a baboon fibula (the Lebombo bone), suggesting the possibility that prehistoric humans may have had tally-keeping skills
With the sea level falling, a land bridge (known as Beringia) forms between Siberia and Alaska, enabling humans to enter the continent of America
In the earlist known example of ceramics, humans at Dolni Vestonice model figures in burnt clay
The La Brea tarpit in Los Angeles shows signs of human activity in the region
Archaeological evidence reveals that the central plains of north America by now have a widespread human population
Hunter-gatherers gradually extend their territory far into South America
During the Mesolithic period (Middle Stone Age) humans continue to improve their tool-making skills but are still nomads and hunter-gatherers
A canine jaw, discovered in a cave in Mesopotamia, is the earliest evidence of the domestication of dogs
As temperatures warm, the sea level rises, submerging the Bering land bridge and isolating the Siberian immigrants as the aboriginal Americans
Humans cross from eastern Siberia to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, according to the earliest traces left by the Jomon culture
As the ice cap recedes, hunter-gatherers move up the eastern side of America into Newfoundland and the prairie provinces of Canada
The ending of the most recent ice age, making large prey extinct and the land more fertile, both prompts and enables humans to develop permanent settlements
