One million, eight-hundred thousand years
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1,800,000 B.C.: The beginning of the Pleistocene Epoch, which brings intermittent ice ages and the extinction of many species of mammals, especially giant forms. Homo habilis appear in Africa, capable of crafting stone tools and weapons. Homo habilis also knows how to capture fire from nature—but not how to create it. | |||||||||
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1,500,000 B.C.: The appearance of Homo erectus, which knows how to make fire, and, armed with improved tool- and weapon-making skills, begins to hunt. |
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930,000 B.C.: Homo erectus begin to spread out of Africa and populate the globe. |
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340,000 B.C.: The arrival of Homo sapiens, who are more adept hunters and tool-makers. Early Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, decorate their bodies with paint and ceremonially bury their dead. |
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2000 A.D. |
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