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c. 23,000 years ago
 
   
Someone carves a figure of a flying bird, in mammoth ivory, in the Malta settlement in Siberia      
Bird figurine, found in Siberia
(Hermitage Museum)

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c. 18,000 years ago
 
   
A bison figurine is carved in mammoth ivory in the region of Zaraysk, southeast of Moscow      
c. 16,000 years ago
 
   
The walls of the complex of caves at Lascaux in France are covered, over the years, with a vast number of paintings of animals      
c. 15,000 years ago
 
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The La Brea tarpit in Los Angeles shows signs of human activity in the region     
c. 15,000 years ago
 
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The principle of the bow and arrow is developed, with yew or elm for the bow and points of flint on the arrows     
c. 15,000 years ago
 
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Needles of bone or ivory are now fine enough to take a thread as thin as horse hair     
c. 15,000 years ago
 
   
The walls of Altamira, an extensive cave in Spain, are decorated with paintings and engraved images of horses, deer and above all bison      
One of many bison in the Altamira Cave


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c. 15,000 years ago
 
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Archaeological evidence reveals that the central plains of north America by now have a widespread human population     
15,000 to 10,000 years ago
 
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Hunter-gatherers gradually extend their territory far into South America      
c. 14,000 to 10,000 years ago
 
     
During the Mesolithic period (Middle Stone Age) humans continue to improve their tool-making skills but are still nomads and hunter-gatherers