A History of Agriculture in India v1.c41.2

v1.c41.2

| 70 | Million Years Ago | Prosimians, earliest primates, develop in trees. |
| 40 | ” | Monkeys and apes evolve. |
| 20 | ” | *Dryopithecus*, a giant ape in the Siwaliks, India. |
| 15 | ” | *Ramapithecus*, oldest-known primate with apparently man-like traits, evolves in India and Africa. |
| 5 | ” | *Australopithecus*, closest primate ancestor to man, appears in Africa. |
| 3 | ” | Oldest known tool fashioned by man in Africa. |
| 1½ | ” | First true man, *Homo erectus*, emerges in Indonesia and Africa. |
| 1 | ” | *Homo erectus* migrates throughout Old World tropics. |
| 800 | Thousand Years Ago | *Homo erectus* populates temperate zones. |
| 500 | ” | *Homo erectus pekinensis* learns to control and use fire. |
| 400 | ” | Man begins to make artificial shelters from branches. |
| 90 | ” | Neanderthal man emerges in Europe. |
| 60 | ” | Ritual burials in Middle East suggest belief in afterlife. |
| 32 | ” | Cro-Magnon man arises in Europe. |
| 28 | ” | Man reaches Australia. |
| 22 | ” | First artists decorate walls and ceilings of caves in France and Spain. |
| 19 | ” | Invention of needle makes sewing possible. |
| 10 | ” | Dog domesticated in Iraq. |
| 9000 | Years B.C. | Jericho settled as the first town. |
| 8700 | ” | Sheep domesticated in Middle East. |
| 7700 | ” | Goat domesticated in Iran. |
| 7500 | ” | Invention of polished stone implements. Man cultivates his first crops, wheat and barley, in Middle East. |
| 6400 | ” | Loom, basketry and hand-made pottery |