Early Hominins

Australopithecus afarensisAustralopithecus africanus

Paranthropus robustus

Homo erectusHomo ergaster

Homo heidelbergensis

Genus Homo

Homo antecessor

archaic Homo

Homo sapiens

Homo neanderthalensis

Fully Modern Humans -- Upper Paleolithic

3.6 mya to 1.8 myaOlduwan first stone tools Lower PaleolithicEarliest types unearthed in Hadar, Ethiopia

1.8 mya to 300 kya Acheulean tool culture

300,000 BCEMousterian tool culture

Europe, Middle East, North Africa

400,000 BCE Venus of Tan-Tan

230,000 BCEVenus of Berehat Ram

Oldest known Stone Age

70,000 BCEBlombos Cave engravings

La Ferrassie Cave Cupules, France70,000 to 40,000 BCE

Aurignacian culture47,000 to 41,000 BCE

Swabian Jura33,000 to 30,000 BCE

Venus of PolichinelleVenus of Monpazier

Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave France

Venus of Willendorf Venus of Mal’ta

Lascaux painted caves France

Sunghir

Gobekli Tepe

Çatalhöyük

Newgrange 3,300

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Mayan

Aztec

South West

Rock Art

More Rock Art

Native American Shaman

From the Other Side

Sioux Ghost Dance

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