100,000 BP to 50,000 BP
100,00 BP: Abundant evidence of human beings like us existed at this time, but there is now some evidence that we were here by 400,000 BP.
92,000 BP: A proto Cromagnon skeleton dating to abut this time was found near Nazareth by Helen Vallados,
90,000 BP: Fossilized bones found in caves of Skhul and Qafzeh of Nazareth in Lower Galilee thought to be of modern human beings were found with artifacts belonging to the Mousterian culture and the bones may have been of Neanderthal.
90,000 BP: Dating to this time there are fossilized bones found in the caves of Skhul and Qafzeh in what is now modern Israel. These bones are of anatomically modern humans.
82,000 BP: The Period of overlap between Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens.
~ Strong evidence of modern human habitation of Ukraine by this date.
~ Evidence suggests that use of the spear thrower, atlatl, was active.
~ Hints of modern speech. Johanna Nichols of UC suggests that it must have been well before 100,000 BP. What are these suggestions and hints?
78,000 BP Marked the last of a series of massive Pleistocene eruptions of the Newberry volcano in what is now central Oregon, USA. It continues to erupt and did so in about 55,000 and 50,000 BP. It seems that the most serious recent eruption occurred about 720 AD.
77,000 BP: In the Blombos cave in South Africa, stones are engraved with patterns of lines, either decorative or practical(practical as in as in a form of tally)
75,000 BP: A ''collar'' of beads was found in a cave in South Africa dating to about this time. Archaeologists discovered 91 shells the size of peas with holes bored them in Bolombos cave on the Indian ocean coast. The discovery was made in a layer of sediment from the Middle Stone age and contained red ochre indicating that they were covered with pigment.
74,000 BP: Toba super-volcanoe eruption on the Indonesian island of Sumatra produced a prolonged deforestation in South Asia. This has been called the Lake Toba eruption. The approximate ejecta bulk volume was 2,800 sq km. This ejecta included between 2,200 and 4,400 of H2S04.
62,000 BP: It seems as though that in 1990 AD this was the best populag guess at the existence of the earliest true man. I suspect that 300,000 BP may be a better guess.
60,000 BP: About this time the evidence suggests that the first human inhabitants made the crossing from southeast Asia. However, human resistance to this happening may be stronger than ----
~ Neanderthals may have practiced cannibalism this recently.
50,000 BP: Horseback riding dates to this time.
~ Neanderthals decline in number, first in Asia, then in Europe.
