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10,000,000 BC: Mediterranean Sea is formed.
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1,000,000 BC: First Ice Age
Europeans as Foraging Peoples: 1,000,000 - 5,000 BC
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850,000-700,000 BC: Earliest evidence of human life in Europe: Homo erectus.
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50,000-60,000 BC: Europe is inhabited by Neanderthals.
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35,000-10,000 BC: Paleolithic Art
- c. 30,000 to 25,000 BC: Woman of Willendorf
- c. 27,000 to 23,000 BC: Dolni Vestonice
- 25,000 - 12,000 BC: Venus Figures
- 18,000 BC: Chauvet cave, France
- 15,000 BC: Lascaux cave paintings
- c. 14,000 to 10,000 BC: Altamira Cave Paintings
- 12,000 to 8,000 BC: The Ice Age
Europeans as Agricultural Peoples: 5,000 - 2,000 BC
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