Wikipedia:Wikipedia for Schools/Welcome/History/History by Period
- Stone Age
- Paleolithic
- Lower Paleolithic – (Homo, Stone tools, spread of Homo Erectus to Eurasia, control of fire, and later spears, pigments, constructed shelter)
- Middle Paleolithic – (Recent African origin of modern humans, Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis; clothing, beads, burial, bedding, bone tools)
- Upper Paleolithic – (behavioral modernity, atlatl, domestication of dogs)
- Mesolithic – (microliths, bow, canoes)
- Neolithic – (domestication, nomadic pastoralism, agriculture, proto-cities)
- Chalcolithic (Copper Age) – (Yamna culture, Corded Ware)