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Timeline of human evolution and stone tool technology

A diagram showing hominin skull fossils across prehistory with a timeline that marries up some of the stone tool technological industry periods.

This timeline plots some of the stone tool technological industry periods against fossil finds of hominins and early modern humans.

Rights: Emily Hallinan, TANKwA Project
Published: 17 June 2026Size: 572.87 KB
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