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Human history or world history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers. They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had spread across Earth's continental land except Antarctica by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago.
For broader world history, recorded history begins with the accounts of the ancient world around the 4th millennium BCE, and it coincides with the invention of writing. For some geographic regions or cultures , written history is limited to a relatively recent period in human history because of the limited use of written records.
Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian cuneiform script.
The seven footprints, found amidst a clutter of hundreds of prehistoric animal prints, are estimated to be 115,000 years old. Many fossil and artifact windfalls have come from situations like this ...
Here are nine of some of the most significant archaeological discoveries in history that changed what humans know about our origins and culture through time. Pompeii and Herculaneum gave a glimpse ...
Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.
The team later found associated evidence of stone tool use (a core, scrapers, cutting blades, and a spear point) in the same area that is believed to date from the same period. There was also evidence of the use of ochre , leading to the intriguing possibility that the 'Eve' of 117,000 years ago may have been wearing the colourful powder.
History further examines the meaning of historical events and the underlying human motives driving them. [2] In a slightly different sense, history refers to the past events themselves. In this sense, history is what happened rather than the academic field studying what happened.