Aurignacian culture begins in Europe
The Aurignacian is an archaeological tradition of the Upper Palaeolithic. It is associated with the earliest modern humans in Europe and their migration from the Near East.
Prehistory (250000 - 10000 B.C.E.)
Australo-Melanesians become the first humans to settle in Southeast Asia
By around 30,000 years ago, Australo-Melanesians were present in all regions of Southeast Asia. In most lands they were eventually displaced from the coastal lowlands and pushed to the uplands and hinterlands by later immigrants.
Châtelperronian culture flourishes in France
The Châtelperronian is a claimed industry of the Upper Palaeolithic that produced denticulate stone tools and also a distinctive flint knife with a single cutting edge and a blunt, curved back.
Early humans settle Ksar Akil in modern-day Lebanon
It is assumed to be one of the earliest known sites containing Upper Paleolithic technologies including Ahmarian cultural objects.
Humans settle on Borneo
Archaeological evidence suggests that human beings arrived in Sarawak – overland – at least 40,000 years ago.
Modern humans settle in the Philippines for the first time
The oldest remains of modern humans in the islands, however, is the Tabon Man of Palawan, carbon-dated to 47,000 ± 11–10,000 years ago. The Tabon man is presumably a Negrito, who were among the archipelago’s earliest inhabitants, descendants of the first human migrations out of Africa.
Humans first settle in Siberia
According to the field of genetic genealogy, people first resided in Siberia by 45,000 B.C.E. and spread out east and west to populate Europe and the Americas.
Early humans settle in modern-day Indonesia
Early humans traveled by sea and spread from mainland Asia eastward to New Guinea and Australia. Homo sapiens reached the region by around 45,000 years ago.
Human behavior evolves to “behavioral modernity”
The profound cognitive shift known as behavioral modernity—the emergence of abstract thinking, deep planning, and symbolic— catalyzed the development of complex language development, artistic expression, and the establishment of long-distance trade networks and initiated an era of unprecedented ingenuity.