BC

2.5-3 million years BC

Beginning of Early Stone age

1-3 million years BC

Australopithecus lives in southern Africa

90 000 - 1 million years BC

Homo erectus lives in southern Africa

±30 000-130 000BC

Evolution of Homo sapiens in southern Africa

Middle stone age

±25 000 – 26 000 BC

Earliest dated rock art

Stone age hunter gatherers evolve in southern Africa

±10 000-15 000 years BC

Scattered groups of hunter-gatherers (Khoisan) settle as sole residents in Southern Africa (till ±1AD), gradually evolving a pastoral culture among some groups (i.e. the Khoi-Khoi), while others remained hunter-gatherers (i.e the San)

In Mesopotamia, society shifts from food-gathering to food-producing

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