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-20,000 and Before |
| Bow and arrow developed. | -20,000 | |
| European fishermen develop a rudimentary fishing wedge. | -25,000 | |
| Neanderthals disappear. | ||
| Homo sapiens dominates the Earth. | -33,000 | |
| Homo sapiens appears with a large brain and superior intelligence. | -38,000 | |
| Neanderthals use stone tools and fire. | -70,000 | |
| Neanderthals begin to use speech. | -75,000 | |
| Human ancestors in Africa make tools, create art, exploit remote resources. | -240,000 | |
| Homo sapiens appears. | -250,000 | |
| Homo erectus begins to cook meat. | -400,000 | |
| Dawn of Japanese civilization. | -598,000 | |
| -1,000,000 | Australopithecine ape-man disappears. | |
| Australopithecine biped, Australopithecus afarensis appears in Ethiopia with opposed thumb enabling use of tools. | -3,000,000 | |
| Australopithecus anamensis appears. | -4,100,000 | |
| First flowering plants appear. | -142,000,000 | |
| -251,000,000 | Permian mass extinction. | |
| Homo erectus uses fire. | -500,000 | |
| First animal life appears. | -540,000,000 | |
| First non-microscopic animals appear. | -570,000,000 | |
| Multi-celled organisms emerge, dramatically increasing the pace of evolution. | -700,000,000 | |
| Simple life forms join forces to form eukaryotes, the fundamental building blocks of all life on Earth. | -1,400,000,000 | |
| The Big Bang. | -15,000,000,000 | |
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