230,000 BP to 185,000 BP
230,000 BP: Humans who can be classified as homo sapiens in evidence, among them Neanderthal man.
212,000 BP
to 17,000 BP: Evidence of Solutrian people in eastern France, in Spain,
and England during this period. Most of their articles found have been
dated from around 21,000 BP. Practically no evidence of their existence
is found dating to after around 17,000 BP.
200 Mya: Pangea existed as present continents united.
~ Gigantopithecus, after flourishing for at least six million years, disappears. (Natural History 11/91)
~ Greece: An excellent Old Stone Age axe dating to about this time was found.
~ USA: In a site near Barstow, California Stone Age tools were found suggesting approximately this time.
