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24 November 2009
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| A.D. 1859 | End of the "Prescientific Period" in Prehistoric Cultures Studies |
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| X | End of Prehistory (writing begins) dates vary regionally |
"The First Civilizations," pp. 387-424 |
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| /\ 3,300 B.C. "Ötzi" The Iceman /\ |
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c. 10,000 B.C.... |
Early "Civilizations" (agriculture and village life begin...) dates vary regionally |
Cf., Text 10th Ed., Ch. 14 Cf., Text 10th Ed., Ch. 13 |
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| /\ "Hobbit" ? - 18,000 [13,000?] ybp |
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c. 35,000 - 60,000 B.C. |
Homo sapiens sapiens [National Geographic "Genographic" migration] ("Early Moderns" = Cro-Magnons...) |
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| c. 100,000 ybp | Qafzeh, Israel, Homo sapiens sapiens | Cf., Text 10th Ed., Ch. 12 |
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Herto, Ethiopia, Homo
sapiens idaltu [BBC article] "Mitochondrial Eve" [based on DNA analysis] |
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| c. 160,000 ybp | |||
| c. 195,000
ybp |
Omo I and II, Homo
sapiens sapiens, |
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c. 200,000 B.P.... [or c. 300,000 ybp?] |
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c. 0.4 mya... |
Homo sapiens heidelbergensis "Other Archaics" (Homo heidelbergensis) (Homo sapiens heidelbergensis) |
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| c. 1.8 mya... | Homo erectus | ". . . Homo erectus and Contemporaries," pp. 233-254 |
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| c. 2.4 mya... | Early Homo (Homo habilis...) |
"Hominin Origins," pp. 201-232 |
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c. 3.2 mya . . . |
"Little Foot" -- Australopithecus [species uncertain] (2.2-3.3 mya?) |
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| c. 4.4 mya . . . | "Ardi" -- Ardipithecus
ramidus (4.4 mya) -- Ardipithecus kadabba (5.8-5.2 mya / ~ 5.6 mya) |
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| c. 5.5 mya... | Australopithecines
(Australopithecus... and, later, Paranthropus aka Australopithecus robustus...) |
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6 mya 5.8 mya (5.2+) 6 - 7 mya |
Orrorin tugenensis (5.8-6.1 mya / ~ 6.0 mya) "Toumaï" (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) ["Dental hominin"] [Nature article] |
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| c. 13 mya... | Pierolapithecus catalaunicus | ||
| c. 17 mya... |
Sivapithecus
(Ramapithecus / Kenyapithecus / Ouranopithecus) Dryopithecus Proconsul |
Cf., Text 10th Ed., Ch. 9 "Hominin Origins," pp. 201-232 |
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| c. 33 mya... | "Dental
Apes" (Aegyptopithecus, Apidium...) |
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| c. 65 mya... | Primates | "An Overview of the Primates" and "Primate Behavior" pp. 177-174 |
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| c. 13.7 bya . . . | creation of the universe | ||
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