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Events relating to asia
Homo erectus, moves out of Africa and begins to spread through Europe and Asia
Fire is used in China by Peking man, and may have been in use much earlier in Africa
Peking man shelters in caves south of modern Beijing, leaving many scraps of evidence of his way of life
Neanderthal man is by now well established in Europe and Asia, probably having evolved after his ancestors left Africa
The Middle Palaeolithic era covers the period when Neanderthals and modern humans coexist in Europe and Asia
Fossilized bones found in the caves of Skhul and Qafzeh, in modern Israel, are of anatomically modern humans
The first human inhabitants of Australia make the crossing from southeast Asia
Neanderthals decline in numbers, first in Asia and then in Europe
With the sea level falling, a land bridge (known as Beringia) forms between Siberia and Alaska, enabling humans to enter the continent of America
Someone carves a figure of a flying bird, in mammoth ivory, in the Malta settlement in Siberia
A canine jaw, discovered in a cave in Mesopotamia, is the earliest evidence of the domestication of dogs
Sheep are the first farm animals of which evidence of domestication survives, from a settlement in northern Iraq
Jericho, often quoted as the first town, grows into a settlement covering ten acres
Sun-dried bricks are used in the construction of buildings in Jericho
Humans cross from eastern Siberia to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, according to the earliest traces left by the Jomon culture
Human communities in the Middle East cultivate crops and domesticate animals, in the Neolithic Revolution
Wheat is grown in the Middle East - the first cereal cultivated by man
The tower at Jericho is the world's earliest surviving fortification
Neolithic communities in eastern Anatolia make implements of hammered copper - the first tentative step out of the Stone Age
Barley is cultivated in the Middle East
Catal Huyuk, in Anatolia, is the most extensive surviving example of a neolithic town
The neolithic town of Catal Huyuk has rectangular rooms with windows, a design with lasting appeal
Pottery fragments of this date survive in the neolithic site of Catal Huyuk
Fragments of cloth, woven in Catal Huyuk, survive because they are carbonized in a fire
Oxen are the first draught animals, in use at this time in the Middle East and in Europe
