Humans of ancient Sumer invent belt wrestling
A polished bone implement found at Eva in Tennessee, United States and dated to around 5000 B.C.E. has been construed as a possible sporting device used in a “ring and pin” game.
Early humans
Humans invent footwear, perhaps sagebrush bark sandals in modern-day Oregon
In 1938 archaeologist Luther Cressman (from the University of Oregon) excavated at Fort Rock Cave in central Oregon. Cressman found dozens of sandals below a layer of volcanic ash.
Humans domesticate the sheep
The history of the domesticated sheep goes back to between 11000 and 9000 B.C.E., and the domestication of the wild mouflon in ancient Mesopotamia.
The Anyathian culture emerges in modern-day Myanmar
The earliest archaeological evidence suggests that cultures existed in Burma as early as 11,000 B.C.E. The Anyathian, Burma’s Stone Age, existed at a time thought to parallel the lower and middle Paleolithic in Europe.
Humans begin implementing dental procedures for the first time, perhaps in modern-day Italy
The earliest evidence of dental caries intervention on a Late Upper Palaeolithic modern human specimen (Villabruna) is from a burial in Northern Italy.
Humans migrate to West Africa
Archaeological studies have found that early human settlers arrived in West Africa around 12,000 B.C.E.
Humans invent the musical bow, the world’s first stringed instrument, perhaps in modern-day France
Dating to around c. 13,000 B.C.E., a cave painting in the Trois Frères cave in France depicts what some believe is a musical bow, a hunting bow used as a single-stringed musical instrument.
The Aónikenk people emerge in modern-day Argentina
The Aónikenk people, better known by the exonym Tehuelche, are a group of indigenous peoples of Patagonia. They are widely believed to be the basis for the Patagones described by European explorers.
Early humans settle Ireland for the first time
A bear bone found in Alice and Gwendoline Cave, County Clare, in 1903 may push back dates for the earliest human settlement of Ireland to 10,500 B.C.E. The bone shows clear signs of cut marks with stone tools, and has been radiocarbon dated to 12,500 years ago.
Humans invent the bullroarer, perhaps in modern-day Ukraine
The bullroarer, rhombus, or turndun, is an ancient ritual musical instrument and a device historically used for communicating over great distances.