Figure 14, above. Summary of human migration and the sudden explosion of civilisation.
After a 2 month hiatus this post follows on from the previous 5 posts describing the commencement of civilisation at Gobeklitepe and Karahantepe in 9,500 BCE which are as follows;
Did Copper mining kickstart advanced, urbanized civilisation around 8-10,000 BCE? (Part 1)
How advanced, urbanised and extensive was European/SW Asian civilisation by 10,000 BCE. Part 3.
This brief post summarises the data from the previous posts.
This figure summarises the migration paths of our ancestors across the world.
The left-hand plan shows that older groups of humans migrated out of Africa 6.1 million years ago – the oldest footprints.
The right-hand plan shows the migration of human Homo sapiens across the world from Europe 60,000 years ago.
The chart up the top shows the oldest 6.1 million years footprints, oldest 4.2 million years skull, the oldest, 175,000 years, stone rings, oldest art 64,000 years old and the oldest music instrument 35,000 years old.
While civilisation did get more complicated it was very gradual up until around 10,000 BCE when there was a sudden explosion to a more advanced civilisation. Why?
What happened around 10,000 BCE to prompt this change? It wasn’t agriculture as this didn’t happen in a substantial way for another 2,000 years. The next post (part 7) will present the geological reasons for suggesting that copper mining kickstarted European civilisation.
Happy digging and brushing!
Bob Watchorn
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