Humanoid Beginnings
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About 4,000,000 years BP
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Beginnings of separation between humanoids from other
apes
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Paleolithic Age
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About 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 years BP
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More humanlike species, having larger brains, mostly
in East Africa
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About 750,000 to 1,000,000 years BP
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Development of homo erectus, a humanoid which
used tools, having almost a modern human brain size. Male hunters and
female seed gatherers
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About 600,000 to 700,000 years BP
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Spread of humanoids to Asia, Europe, and all across
Africa; more hunting, less vegetarian
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About 200,000 years BP
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Development of homo sapiens; Neanderthal
species in Europe and Asia; having rituals surrounding burial.
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About 120,000 years BP
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Development of homo sapiens sapiens; coming
from Africa, replace Neanderthals.
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About 25,000 years BP
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Homo sapiens sapiens cross from Asia to Americas
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About 20,000 years BP
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Peak of the ice age
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Mesolithic Age
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About 14,000 to 10,000 years BP
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More use of tools, use of boats, beginning of domestication
of animals and plants
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About 12,000 years BP
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End of last ice age
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Neolithic Age
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About 8,000 to 5,000 years BCE
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More use of tools, development of agriculture, great
growth of human population globally
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