Timeline of Human Prehistory
TIMELINE OF HUMAN PREHISTORY It’s pretty scary how fast…. MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC 315,000 years ago: approximate date of appearance of Homo sapiens (Jebel Irhoud, Morocco). 270,000 years ago: age of Y-DNA haplogroup A00 (“Y-chromosomal Adam”). 250,000 years ago: first appearance of Homo neanderthalensis (Saccopastore skulls). 250,000–200,000 years ago: modern human presence in West Asia (Misliya cave). 230,000–150,000 years ago: age of mt-DNA haplogroup L (“Mitochondrial Eve”). 210,000 years ago: modern human presence in southeast Europe (Apidima, Greece)....