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This timeline of prehistory covers the time from the appearance of Homo sapiens approximately 315,000 years ago in Africa to the invention of writing, over 5,000 years ago, with the earliest records going back to 3,200 BC. Prehistory covers the time from the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) to the beginning of ancient history.
By definition, [2] there are no written records from human prehistory, which can only be known from material archaeological and anthropological evidence: prehistoric materials and human remains. These were at first understood by the collection of folklore and by analogy with pre-literate societies observed in modern times.
This is a timeline of in North American prehistory, from 1000 BC until European contact. Timeline 1000 BC–800 AD: The Norton ...
Early modern period – The chronological limits of this period are open to debate. ... Prehistoric Libya. Prehistoric Libya (pre-600 BC) Early Libya.
Jōmon pottery, Japanese Stone Age Trundholm sun chariot, Nordic Bronze Age Iron Age house keys Cave of Letters, Nahal Hever Canyon, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. The three-age system is the periodization of human prehistory (with some overlap into the historical periods in a few regions) into three time-periods: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, [1] [2] although the concept may ...
The phrase prehistoric archaeology did not officially become an English archaeological term until 1836, [7] and further, the common three-age system coined by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen which classifies European prehistoric chronology was also invented during this year. [8] Biface handaxe found by Boucher de Perthes
The names for archaeological periods vary enormously from region to region. This is a list of the main divisions by continent and region. Dating also varies considerably and those given are broad approximations across wide areas.
This timeline focuses on species of Homo and covers the Pleistocene from the first evidence of humans.; The names used for glaciations and interglacials are those with historic usage for Britain and may not reflect the full climate detail of modern studies.