Humans begin practicing herbalism
The use of plants as medicines predates written human history. Archaeological evidence indicates that humans were using medicinal plants during the Paleolithic, approximately 60,000 years ago.
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Humans, perhaps in South Africa, invent the bow and arrow
Some of the earliest arrowheads come from South Africa. As people spread from Africa to India, Australia, all over Asia, and Europe, they took their bows and arrows with them.
Homo Sapiens arrive in Australia for first time
Researchers have found evidence that suggests the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians landed in the northern part of Australia at least 65,000 years ago.
Humans in Ancient Morocco manufacture jewelry for first time
A team of archaeologists has uncovered some of the world’s earliest shell ornaments in a limestone cave in Eastern Morocco.
Humans begin burying dead, perhaps in modern-day Israel
The earliest undisputed human burial dates back 100,000 years. Human skeletal remains stained with red ochre were discovered in the Skhul cave at Qafzeh, Israel.
Humans invent the harpoon, perhaps in modern day Democratic Republic of Congo
The Semliki harpoon, also known as the Katanda harpoon, refers to a group of complex barbed harpoon heads carved from bone, which were found at an archaeologic site on the Semliki River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Humans begin to use spears with complex stone blades
These stone heads could be fixed to the spear shaft by gum or resin or by bindings made of animal sinew, leather strips or vegetable matter.
Humans invent language
Today, there are various hypotheses about how, why, when, and where language might have emerged.[2]Despite this, there is scarcely more agreement today than a hundred years ago.
“Mitochondrial Eve” is born, probably somewhere in Africa
All mitochondrial genomes today should be traceable to a single woman, a ‘mitochondrial Eve’. This woman, the researchers concluded, probably lived in Africa around 200,000 years ago.
Humans invent modern speech
Johanna Nichols – a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley – argued in 1998 that vocal languages must have begun diversifying in our species at least 100,000 years ago.