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Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, [1] is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.
Metal Ages (2 C, 1 P) P. Prehistoric migrations (4 C, 17 P) Prehistoric mines (12 P) R. Prehistoric religion (7 C, 10 P) S. Prehistoric archaeological sites (11 C, 2 P)
Protohistory is the period between prehistory and written history, during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed writing, but other cultures that have developed writing have noted the existence of those pre-literate groups in their own writings.
1.5 Mio Kozarnika Human molar tooth (considered to be the earliest human— Homo erectus / Homo ergaster —traces discovered in Europe outside Caucasian region), lower palaeolithic assemblages that belong to a core-and-flake non- Acheulian industry, and incised bones that may be the earliest example of human symbolic behaviour .
In an area about 10 km 2, there are about 800 rock shelters of which 500 contain paintings. [57] 28.5 kya: New Guinea is populated by colonists from Asia or Australia. [58] 28 kya: Oldest known twisted rope. [59] 28 kya – 24 kya: Oldest known pottery—used to make figurines rather than cooking or storage vessels (Venus of Dolní Věstonice ...
The site was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, under the name, Archaeological Site of Atapuerca. [4] [5] The site is also protected at national level (as a Zona Arqueológica, a category of Bien de Interés Cultural on the heritage register) and at regional level (Castile and León has designated the Sierra de Atapuerca an Espacio cultural).
Stone tools discovered at Lézignan-la-Cèbe indicate that early humans were present in France from least 1.57 million years ago. [3] 5 prehistoric sites in France are dated from between 1 and 1.2 million years ago: [4] the Bois-de-Riquet, in Lézignan-la-Cèbe, in the Hérault (1.2 Ma), discovered in 2008
The trifunctional thesis is primarily associated with the French mythographer Georges Dumézil, [1] who proposed it in 1929 in the book Flamen-Brahman, [2] and later in Mitra-Varuna. [ 3 ] Three-way division