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c. 6 million years ago

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c. 4.5 million years ago

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c. 4.4 million years ago

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c. 3.6 million years old

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c. 3.2 million years ago

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c. 2.6 million to 14,000 years ago

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c. 2.6 to 1.2 million years ago

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c. 2.5 million years ago

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c. 2.2 million years ago

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c. 2.2 to 1.4 million years ago

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c. 1.85 million years ago

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c. 1.8 million years ago

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c. 1.7 million years ago

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1.6 million years ago

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c. 1 million years ago

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c. 800,000 years ago

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c. 500,000 years ago

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c. 250,000 years ago

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c. 230,000 years ago

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c. 150,000 years ago

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c. 130,000 years ago

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c. 120,000 to 35,000 years ago

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c. 90,000 years ago

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77,000 years ago

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c. 60,000 years ago

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c. 50,000 to 30,000 years ago

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c. 45,000 years ago

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c. 35,000 years ago

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c. 35,000 to 14,000 years ago

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c. 31,000 years ago

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c. 30,000 years ago

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c. 29,000 years ago

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c. 27,000 years ago

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c. 25,000 years ago

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c. 24,000 years ago

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c. 23,000 years ago

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c. 18,000 years ago

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c. 16,000 years ago

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c. 15,000 years ago

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Go to Magdalenian in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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15,000 to 10,000 years ago

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c. 14,000 to 10,000 years ago

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c. 12,000 years ago

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c. 8000 BCE

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Go to wheat in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)


Go to Ali Kosh, Iran in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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Go to Jarmo, Iraq in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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c. From 8000 BCE

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c. 7000 BCE

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c. 6500 BCE

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c. 5800 BCE

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5000 BCE

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c. 4400 BCE

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c. 4000 BCE

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Go to Land Transportation in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology (1 ed.)

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Go to Land Transportation in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology (1 ed.)

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c. 3800 BCE

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c. 3500 BCE

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c. 3250 BCE

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c. 3100 BCE

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Go to writing in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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