Year 90,000 bce

Anthropology

By this time there is a significant amount of evidence in the fossil record that an archaic form of Homo sapiens is present in Africa. There is also limited evidence that fully modern Homo sapiens is present this early. See also 200,000 bce Anthropology.

Barbed bone harpoons and points at the Katanda site on the Semliki River (Democratic Republic of Congo) are thought to date from this time. See also 16,000 bce Tools.