Click here to see links to other sites. Humans develop from ape-like to homo sapien. Humans hunt animals and gathered plants. Use of bone and chipped-stone tools. No metals or pottery.
Humans begin building the first shelters.
Humans began communal hunting, fishing and gathering food. Gradual progress from food collecting to food producing. 7,000 BCE Invention of fired clay pottery. Humans developed polished stone tools, domesticated plants and animals, and formed settled communities. 5,000 BCE Chinese started construction on the Grand Canal, with work to continue for 2,000 years.