100,000 BP to 50,000 BP

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.

 

 

94,000 BP: Proto Cromagnon skeleton found near Nazureth dates back to about this time. This suggests that Homo Sapien preceded Neanderthal in the region,

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.

~ Indonesia: About this time there was a volcanic eruption at what is now lake Maninjau in Sumatra.

~ Neanderthals may have lived in Spain as recently as this (Cidron).

~ New Zealand: About this time there was a volcanic eruption at Rotoiti Ignimbrite on North Island.

 150,000 BP to 100,000 BP

 

 

150,000 BP: Egypt: There are stone tools found which have been called Aterian. Most seem to date from about 150,000 to 130,000 BP. However similar finds continue until about 20,000 BP.

 

135,000,000 BP: Flowering plants appear during the Cretaceous period and diversify into the major flowering plant families we know today.

132,000,000 BP: What we have called the Pillars of  Hercules and the Gates of Atlantis were open and the Atlantic ocean penetrated deep into what is now the Sahara desert.

130,000 BP, Finland: There is strong evidence that there are people living in Finland by this time.

125,000 BP: There is strong evidence of human settlement in Sri Lanka by this time.

121,000 BP  to 44(41?),000 BP: Spans a time the Denisovan/Denosovian people were active on Earth.

~ Fine stone-work dates to this time.

 

 

120,000 BP to 35,000 BP: The Middle Palaeolithic era covers the period when neanderthals and modern humans coexist in Europe and Asia 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,000 BP: Egypt: Some structures at Wadi Halfa near the border with Sudan were dared to about this time by Waldemar Chmielewski (?). They were oval and sunken into the earth a little less than 2 feet and were lined with flat sandstone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

450,000 BP to 400,000 BP

450,000 BP to 400,000 BP

40,000 BP: Evidence strongly suggest that tool making and ocean crossing in South East Asia occurred at about this time.

~ Sea-level was about 50 meters below 2,000 AD levels at this time.

380,000 BP: Fine stonework dares from this time. Stone Age.

500,000 BP to 450,000 BP

 500,000 BP to 450,000 BP

 

500,000 BP: Fire is used in China by Peking Man and may have been used much earlier in Africa.

425,000 BP: About this time there was a mega-flood which effected the level of what we now call the Atlantic ocean.

250,000 BP to 200,000 BP

250,000 BP to 30,000 BP: Neanderthals in what is now Europe.
~ A spear of hardened yew, presumably flung or thrust by a human, fixes itself  between the ribs of an elephant in what is now Saxony(?).
~ Fire was used by Peking man in what is now China. Fire may have been used at an earlier time in Africa.
~ 230,000 BP: Homo Sapiens including Neanderthal man were on Earth.
250,000 BP to 30,000 BP: Neanderthals in what is now Europe.
~ A spear of hardened yew, presumably flung or thrust by a human, fixes itself  between the ribs of an elephant in what is now Saxony(?).
~ Fire was used by Peking man in what is now China. Fire may have been used at an earlier time in Africa.
~ 230,000 BP: Homo Sapiens including Neanderthal man were on Earth.

248,000 BP to 28,000 BP, Europe: Neanderthals present in what is now Europe.

240,000 BP, New Zealand: The super-volcano, Mamaku Ignimbrite, erupted in the Taupo Volcanic zone on the North Island at Rotorua Caldera. About 280 km3 ejecta.

230,000 BP, New Zealand: A super-volcano erupted on the North Island in Taupo volcanic zone. Call it the Roporoa Caldera. About 100 km3 of ejecta.

212,000 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

 

212,000 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