Sci & Tech Chronology: In the year

1,600,000 bce

Energy

Patches of baked earth near Homo ergaster or erectus sites at Koobi Fora and Chesowanja (Kenya) suggest that hominids are regularly using fire at hearth sites. See also 1,700,000 bce Energy; 1,000,000 bce Energy.

Transportation

Homo erectus probably migrates to Asia and to Georgia in Europe about this time, the first hominid to leave Africa. See also 50,000 bce Transportation. (See essay.)


 
 
 

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