Africa, Americas, and Ocean Timeline

Humans arrive in New Guinea region

60,000 BCE

Homo Sapiens migrate over North American Bering Land Bridge

14,000 BCE

Homo Sapiens migrate into interior North America

13,000 BCE

African domestication and cultivation of variety of species

9000 BCE

9,000 BCE: Cattle
8,000 BCE: Sorghum and yams
7,000 BCE: Sheeps and goats
6,500 BCE: Gourds, watermelon, and cotton

Most American large game hunted to extinction

6000 BCE

Pacific Islands migrations

6000 BCE

Stated around 6,000 B.C.E. through 600 B.C.E.

Amerindians switch from foraging to agriculture

5000 BCE

The date ranges from roughly 7,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago (5,000 B.C.E. to 3,000 B.C.E).
Aztec agriculture displayed in picture.

Climate change in Africa drives humans toward the Nile and equatorial regions

5000 BCE

Migrations of the Bantu Peoples

4000 BCE

4,000 BCE: Bantu inhabited west Africa
3,000 BCE: Migrated south toward forested regions
2,000 BCE: Migrated toward Congo River basin and eastward toward Great Lakes

Agriculture begins in Oceania

3000 BCE

Domesticated and cultivated yams, tarros, pigs, and chickens

Oldest city in the Americas, Caral-Supe created by Norte Chico civilization

2627 BCE

Ancient Egypt established

2600 BCE

Oceania's Lapita Peoples culture established

1500 BCE

Existed from 1,500 B.C.E. through 500 B.C.E.