Message #97516

[Baphomet]

6.99: raccoons cross seas from N to S Amer
6.98: bears invade N Amer from Asia
6.97: sloths reach N Amer from S Amer
6.96 = 9,000,000 years BC
6.95
6.94
6.93
6.92
6.91 = 8,000,000 years BC
6.90: possible hominoids in Lufeng, China

6.89
6.88
6.87
6.86
6.85 = 7,000,000 years BC: elephants
6.84
6.83
6.82: sahelanthropus [info]
6.81: hominid tooth at Lukeino, Kenya
6.80

6.79: Mediterranean sea evaporates []
6.78 = 6,000,000 years BC: horses-etc extinct in N Amer? []
6.77: Pliocene epoch []; 1st dogs
6.76: humans diverge from chimps [] [more]; Bering Strait opens []
6.75: hominid jaw at Lothagam, Kenya
6.74: hominid 'orrorin' [] [more]; ardipithecus []
6.73: ardipithecus ramidus kadabba walks upright?
6.72
6.71
6.70 = 5,000,000 BC

6.69: rats reach Australia
6.68: longshot aquatic-ape phase
6.67: hominids move from forest to savanna, lose fur? [] lose fur?
6.66: two 'chimp' chromosomes fuse into human chr'some #2 (bottleneck?)
6.65: Mediterranean re-floods for good
6.64
6.63: Andes mtns rising
6.62
6.61 = 4,000,000 years BC: Gulf Stream strengthened
6.60: australopithecus? []

6.59: mammoths and elephants in Africa []
6.58: (also giraffes, buffalos, rhinos, hyenas, sabre-tooths)
6.57: Congo River splits chimps from future bonobos
6.56: bipedal hominid footprints at Laetoli, Tanzania
6.55: bison, mammoth, deer, sabre-tooths to N Amer from Asia
6.54: camels, horses, and dogs enter Asia from N Amer []
6.53: australopithecus []; reduced sexual dimorphism []
6.52: 'Lucy' walks using knuckles? []
6.51: kenyanthropus? []
6.50: selection for throwing-aim? []

6.49: N and S Amer species mingle via landbridge []
6.48 = 3,000,000 years BC: Ice Age
6.47: omnivorous australopithecus diverges from vegetarian
6.46: australopithecus africanus in S Africa
6.45: human sense of smell dramatically reduced [] (cooked food?)
6.44: (no-date: sialic acid lost from cell surfaces)
6.43: australopithecus keeps pebble that resembles a face []
6.42: hominid tooth-shapes suggest meat-eating []
6.41: basalt tools at Hadar, Ethiopia
6.40: australopithecus garhi [] [more]

6.39: stone tools used to strip meat []; jaws shrink
6.38: Ice Age; (distance to Andromeda galaxy in lightyears)
6.37: sophisticated stone tools (homo habilis) []
6.36: hominid teeth at Omo, Kenya
6.35: Galapagos finches diverge from mainland species []
6.34: brain asymmetry may imply proto-language use?
6.33
6.32
6.31: skull 1470 at E Turkana, Kenya (homo cranium)
6.30 = 2,000,000 yrs BC: African droughts

6.29: elephants and hippos butchered
6.28: hominids master fire, cook tubers [] 1st African diaspora?
6.27: social structures reorganised around hearth (sharing) []
6.26: Pleistocene epoch [] Java man
6.25: possible fire at Hsihoutu, China; 1st bison, sheep, hogs
6.24: 1st homo erectus []
6.23: Oldowan tools carried for miles; 12ft round basecamp
6.22: homo ergaster in Eurasia []; 6ft-tall Nariokotome boy
6.21: animal sinews used as cords; skins as rugs, bags, clothes?
6.20: noctural leopards preying on australopithecus (not homo)?

6.19: Karari tools at E Turkana, Kenya; also erectus skull
6.18 = 1,500,000 yrs BC
6.17: Acheulean hand-axes (spread to Korea over next 1.3M yrs)
6.16: fire at Chesowanja, Kenya
6.15: homo w/hand-axes at Sterkfontein, S Africa
6.14: Chesowanja homo eats australopithecines?
6.13: Losokweta tools at Chesowanja (processing lake-plants?)
6.12: australopithecus extinct
6.11: much higher average sea-levels
6.10 = 1,250,000 yrs BC: 14k furless humans (genetic bottleneck) []

6.09: brain growing about 1500 neurons per year, on average
6.08: females closer to size of males, bonds more monogamous
6.07: males hunt, females gather and cook?
6.06: homo erectus lice-species becomes isolated in Asia
6.05
6.04: African savanna resembles modern ecology []
6.03: homo erectus uses bones to catch termites []
6.02
6.01
6.00 = 1,000,000 yrs BC

5.99: widespread volcanism
5.98: Ice Age causes erectus divergence []
5.97
5.96 = 900,000 years BC
5.95
5.94
5.93
5.92
5.91 = 800,000 years BC
5.90: brown bears

5.89: last major geomagnetic reversal (Brunhes-Matuyama)
5.88: Acheulean tools in mideast (Ubeidiya); giant meteorite
5.87: homo in Isernia, Italy eats elephant and bison
5.86: hand-axes for processing lake-plants at Kilombe, Kenya
5.85 = 700,000 years BC: warm interglacial
5.84: fire by underground lake at L'Escale, France
5.83
5.82
5.81
5.80: wolves