Before Home Contents Search Right Ahead Left Behind -20,000 and Before European fishermen develop a rudimentary fishing wedge. Neanderthals disappear . Homo sapiens dominates the Earth. Homo sapiens appears with a large brain and superior intelligence. Neanderthals use stone tools and fire.
Neanderthals begin to use speech.
Human ancestors in Africa make tools, create art, exploit remote resources. Australopithecine biped, Australopithecus afarensis appears in Ethiopia with opposed thumb enabling use of tools. Australopithecus anamensis appears. First flowering plants appear. Permian mass extinction.