Every entry, in chronological order

These lines are a simplification. They follow the branchings that left a lasting genetic signature; they leave out the countless later movements, returns and exchanges between these groups, which never stopped.

The out-of-Africa separation70 ka
The Australasian lineage separates68 ka
The east-west split49 ka
The western branch turns towards Europe46.9 ka
The founding population of the Americas separates37.5 ka
The Austronesian expansion4,475 BCE

The columns of time40 entries

A period boundary is a decision before it is a date. Where the two disagree, this entry says which is which.

Before Sapiens350 ka → 315 ka
MIS 10350 ka → 337 ka
Savanna of origins350 ka → 200 ka
Scattered foragers350 ka → 65 ka
MIS 9337 ka → 300 ka
Middle Stone Age315 ka → 50 ka
Palaeolithic315 ka → 11.7 ka
MIS 8300 ka → 243 ka
MIS 7243 ka → 191 ka
Seashore camp200 ka → 75 ka
Saalian glacial191 ka → 130 ka
Eemian130 ka → 115 ka
Last glacial115 ka → 11.7 ka
The long walk75 ka → 45 ka
Foragers worldwide65 ka → 11.7 ka
Upper Palaeolithic50 ka → 11.7 ka
Mammoth steppe45 ka → 11.7 ka
Last Glacial Maximum26.5 ka → 19 ka
First farmers11.7 ka → 3,275 BCE
First fields11.7 ka → 3,275 BCE
Greenlandian11.7 ka → 6,237 BCE
Holocene11.7 ka → Today
Neolithic11.7 ka → 3,275 BCE
Northgrippian6,237 BCE → 2,251 BCE
Bronze Age3,275 BCE → 1,175 BCE
Cities and states3,275 BCE → 1800
History3,275 BCE → Today
River cities3,275 BCE → 801 BCE
Meghalayan2,251 BCE → Today
Iron Age1,175 BCE → 801 BCE
Antiquity801 BCE → 500
Empires and roads801 BCE → 1450
Middle Ages500 → 1500
The world made round1450 → 1800
Early Modern1500 → 1800
Contemporary1800 → Today
Industrial growth1800 → 1950
Steam and the crowd1800 → 1950
The acceleration1950 → Today
The network1950 → Today