• Beginning of the Lower Paleolithic and first confirmed traces of prehistoric civilizations

    -1300000
  • Confirmation of the presence of Homo erectus fossils

    -500000
  • Beginning of the Lower Paleolithic and first Homo sapiens (Jebel Irhoud, Youssoufia)

    -300000
  • Domestication of fire

    -200000
  • Use of specialized tools for hunting

    -150000
  • The oldest ornamental objects in the world (Bizmoune, Essaouira)

    -150000
  • Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic

    -22000
  • The oldest "surgical" operation (trepanation) (Taforalt, Berkane)

    -15000
  • Beginning of the Neolithic period

    -7000

From the book « Chronologie de l’histoire du Maroc (Des temps préhistoriques à la fin du XXe siècle) ».Published by the Royal Institute for Research in the History of Morocco

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