Statistics for The Stone Age

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YearHintAnswer% Correct
c. 3300 BC
The Stone Age comes to an end in with the start of this
metallic age in the Near East
{Bronze} Age
96%
c. 9700 BC
This "age" ends after global temperatures increase 10° Celsius from
where they were in 20,000 B.C.
{Ice} Age
90%
c. 8000 BC
This crop, at the time resembling a tall grass, is first domesticated
in modern-day Mexico
Maize
85%
c. 3400 BCThe earliest evidence of this Egyptian burial practiceMummification
82%
c. 12,500 BCThis desert experiences a wet period which would last 8,000 years.
Lake Megachad grows to nearly the size of the Caspian Sea.
Sahara
79%
c. 2 mil BC
This "upright man" species evolves in Africa, later spreading throughout
Asia and Europe
Homo {erectus}
78%
c. 33,000 BC
These close human relatives go extinct, with the last individuals
living in modern-day Spain
Neanderthals
77%
c. 50,000 BC
Humans first arrive on this land mass, likely causing the extinction
of the marsupial lion and many other megafauna
Australia
75%
c. 5000 BC
The Vinča culture, in modern-day Serbia, are the first people to turn
ore into metal. The metal that they refine is ...
Copper
72%
c. 10,000 BCThis part of the world is the first have permanent cities and agriculture{Fertile} Crescent
69%
c. 3.3 mil BC
This earliest part of the Stone Age begins with the first use of
stone tools by hominids
{Paleo}lithic
69%
c. 10,000 BC
This later part of the Stone Age begins with the inventions described above
{Neo}lithic
68%
c. 3300 BCPrehistory ends and history begins with the invention of...Written language
65%
c. 9000 BC
Rising sea levels cause this land bridge between Asia and
North America to disappear
{Bering}
Land Bridge
61%
c. 9500 BC
Göbekli Tepe, in this modern-day country, is the site of the world's
earliest known monumental constructions
Turkey
61%
c. 10,000 BCThis 6 meter long South American animal goes extinct, with evidence
of human hunting
Giant {sloth}
51%
c. 153,000 BCThis woman is born, the latest common ancestor of all humans alive todayMitochondrial
{Eve}
45%

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