Year 18,000 bce

Communication

Ostrich-shell beads are manufactured at the Apollo-11 site (Namibia). See also 44,000 bce Communication.

The domesticated cat diverges from the wild cats of Europe according to DNA evidence. See also 3000 bce Food & agriculture.

People begin to make smaller and smaller stone blades, called microblades, in central Africa and Eurasia. It is thought that the microblades and equally small micropoints are combined with each other by hafting several to the same piece of wood or bone to form more complex tools, such as saws. See also 30,000 bce Tools; 15,000 bce Tools.