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Where did our human stories start? Homo sapiens is part of a group called hominids, which were the earliest humanlike creatures. Based on archaeological and anthropological evidence, we think that hominids diverged from other primates somewhere between 2.5 and 4 million years ago in eastern and southern Africa.
The Appearance of Syphilis in the 1490s Overview. The earliest references to the disease now known as syphilis come from the 1490s, when it broke out among French troops besieging the city of Naples. Initially known as morbus gallicus (the French Disease), it soon became epidemic throughout Europe. The disease left visible and disfiguring signs ...
May 7, 2020 · Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth in the early 1500s, and the great Southern continent (Australia) was first sighted by Abel Tasman in the 1640s. Not surprisingly, this surge in exploration and discovery proceeded in parallel with a surge in invention.
- David H. Cropley
- David.Cropley@unisa.edu.au
- 2019
Sep 3, 2019 · A committee of geologists has now proposed to mark the start of the Anthropocene in the mid-20th century, based on a striking indicator: the widely scattered radioactive dust from nuclear bomb ...
We saw how, from about 10,000 years ago, small agricultural villages began to spread in many different parts of the world. These were in fact some of the most important human communities that have ever existed.
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- Big History Project
Jun 1, 2022 · The world we know today is a direct result of the economic growth that began in Britain in the 19th century, quickly spread to parts of Europe and North America, and has continued unabated since.
Sep 14, 2021 · by Kelly Macquire. published on 14 September 2021. Ancient democracy was invented at the beginning of the 5th century BCE at almost the same time in both Athens and Rome. The word democracy comes from the Greek word demokratia with demos meaning the people and kratos meaning power or rule.
