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c. 15,000 years ago
Needles of bone or ivory are now fine enough to take a thread as thin as horse hair
c. 8000 BC
Sun-dried bricks are used in the construction of buildings in Jericho
c. 8000 BC
The spindle develops naturally in the process of twisting fibres into thread by hand
c. 7000 BC
Neolithic communities in eastern Anatolia make implements of hammered copper - the first tentative step out of the Stone Age
c. 6500 BC
Catal Huyuk, in Anatolia, is the most extensive surviving example of a neolithic town
Catal Huyuk, wall painting
Photograph James & Arlette Mellaart
c. 5000 BC
Squash and chili are the first plants to be cultivated in America, in the Tehuácan valley in modern Mexico
Red and green chili peppers
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