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Stone Age

3.2 million BCE

1 recorded milestone at this point in the record.

c. 3.2 million BCE
Human Evolution
Ethiopia

"Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis)

Lucy, a member of Australopithecus afarensis, lives in the Afar region of Ethiopia. Her skeleton is one of the most complete early hominin skeletons ever found.

Why it mattered

Her pelvis and leg bones show that upright walking was established long before large brains.

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c. 3.3 million BCETechnology

Earliest stone tools

East Africa

c. 2.8 million BCEHuman Evolution

Earliest known member of the genus Homo

Ethiopia

c. 2.6 million BCE – 1.7 million BCETechnology

Oldowan tool industry

Africa

c. 2.4 million BCETechnology

Percussion flaking at Lomekwi

East Africa

c. 2.0 million BCEScience

Homo habilis and the enlarging brain

East Africa

c. 1.9 million BCEHuman Evolution

Homo erectus appears

East Africa