A Map of Time (All dates B.P.: Before the Present)
1. 250,000–200,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
2. 100,000–60,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
3. 70,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
4. 60,000–40,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
5. 45,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
6. 30,000–15,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
7. 25,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
8. 16,000–10,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
9. 12,000–10,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
10. After 6000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
11. 6000–5000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
12. 3,500–1,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar
13. 700–1,000
-------- Human entry into eastern Asia Human entry into the Americas First chiefdoms in Mesopotamia Extinction of Neanderthals Earliest Homo sapiens in Africa Human entry into Australia (first use of boats) Human entry into New Zealand (last major region to receive human settlers) Beginnings of migration out of Africa Human entry into Europe End of last Ice Age (global warming) Beginning of domestication of corn in southern Mexico Earliest agricultural revolutions Austronesian migration to Pacific islands and Madagascar