This timeline of prehistory covers the time from the appearance of Homo sapiens approximately 315,000 years ago in Africa to the invention of writing, over 5,000 years ago, with the earliest records going …

Timeline of North American prehistory ... Hopewell Interaction Area and local expressions of the Hopewell tradition This is a timeline of in North American prehistory, from 1000 BC until European …

North American archaeological periods divides the history of pre-Columbian North America into a number of named successive eras or periods, from the earliest known human habitation through to …

Prehistory, sometimes referred to as pre-literary history, [1] is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded …

The categorization of the past into discrete, quantified named blocks of time is called periodization. [1] This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study. These can be divided …

Timeline of ancient history This timeline of ancient history lists historical events of the documented ancient past from the beginning of recorded history until the Early Middle Ages. Prior to this time …

Timeline of pre–United States history This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from before the lead up to the American Revolution (c. 1760).

The names for archaeological periods vary enormously from region to region. This is a list of the main divisions by continent and region. Dating also varies considerably and those given are broad …