Acheulean industries in the Levant and Europe (c. 1.4 Ma–300 ka)

1. Acheulean technology spreads beyond Africa

   Jan 1, 1400 BCELabels: Acheulean industry, Levant, Handaxes

   • Frontiers

2. Early Acheulean at ‘Ubeidiya, Jordan Valley

   Jan 1, 1400 BCELabels: Ubeidiya, Early Acheulean, Jordan Valley

   • Ubeidiya
   • Levant

3. Earliest widely dated European Acheulean at Barranc de la Boella

   Jan 1, 960 BCELabels: Barranc de, European Acheulean, Spain

   • PLOS PMC
   • Frontiers

4. Gesher Benot Ya’aqov Large Flake Acheulean begins

   Jan 1, 790 BCELabels: Gesher Benot, Large-flake Acheulean, Hula Lake

   • AIA
   • GBY

5. Strong evidence for controlled fire at GBY

   Jan 1, 790 BCELabels: Gesher Benot, Controlled fire, Hearth evidence

   • AIA
   • Guardian

6. Acheulean occupation at La Noira, central France

   Jan 1, 655 BCELabels: La Noira, Acheulean, France

   • Quaternary
   • PLOS PMC

7. Mauer mandible dates to about 609,000 years ago

   Jan 1, 609 BCELabels: Mauer mandible, Homo heidelbergensis, Germany

   • Mauer 1
   • Mauer ES

8. Boxgrove Acheulean activity on an ancient English coastline

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Boxgrove, Acheulean, England

   • Boxgrove
   • CurrArch

9. Sima de los Huesos fossils accumulate around 430,000 years ago

   Jan 1, 430 BCELabels: Sima de, Atapuerca, Pre-Neanderthals

   • Atapuerca
   • JHE

10. Schöningen hunting toolkit dated near 337,000–300,000 years ago

    Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Sch ningen, Wooden spears, Germany

    • UNESCO
    • Sch ningen

11. Late Acheulean gives way to new Middle Paleolithic traditions

    Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Late Acheulean, Middle Paleolithic, Levant and

    • Frontiers

12. Hoxne handaxes recognized as very ancient (1797)

    Jan 1, 1797Labels: Hoxne, Handaxes, John Frere

    • Hoxne