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| c. 35,000 years ago |
| | | The Neanderthals vanish quite suddenly from the fossil record, leaving modern humans as the only surviving members of our species | |
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| c. 30,000 years ago |
| | | With the sea level falling, a land bridge (known as Beringia) forms between Siberia and Alaska, enabling humans to enter the continent of America | |
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| c. 12,000 years ago |
| | | A canine jaw, discovered in a cave in Mesopotamia, is the earliest evidence of the domestication of dogs | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | Human communities in the Middle East cultivate crops and domesticate animals, in the Neolithic Revolution | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | Wheat is grown in the Middle East - the first cereal cultivated by man | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | Emmer and Einkorn are the two types of wheat cultivated as the first crops in the Neolithic Revolution | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | Sheep are the first farm animals of which evidence of domestication survives, from a settlement in northern Iraq | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | Jericho, often quoted as the first town, grows into a settlement covering ten acres | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | Sun-dried bricks are used in the construction of buildings in Jericho | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | The tower at Jericho is the world's earliest surviving fortification | |
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