Middle prehistory


This period will be divided into periods of about 10,000 years.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience History Prehistory

This period will be divided into periods of about 10,000 years.

50,000 - 40,000 years ago

40,000 - 30,000 years ago

c. 37,000 Upper Paleolothic culture along North African peoples

c. 36,000. Upper Paleolithic cultures in Iran.

c. 35,000 Chatelperronian culture in Europe, associated with Neanderthal man.

c. 34,000 Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) culture arose in Europe.

c. 34,000 Upper Paleolithc cultures in Levant

c. 32,000 Upper Paleolithic cultures in Italy and Iberia, North west African coast.

30,000 - 20,000 years ago

c. 29,000 Chatelperronian culture, associated with Neanderthal man, came to an end.

c. 28-27,000 Gravettian (upper Paleolithic culture) arose in Europe.

c. 26,000 - Ice free passage into Americas, possible early settlement.

c. 23,000 Approximate end of Aurignacian culture in Europe.

c. 22,000 Approximate end of Gravettian culture in Europe

C. 21,000 Approximate beginning of Solutrean culture

20,000 - 10,000 years ago

c. 20,000 Upper Palelothic peoples spread into Australia.

c. 20,000 Hunting cultures in Egypt and East Africa.

c. 20,000 Ice free passage into Americas closes.

c. 17,000 Approximate end of Solutrean culture in Europe

c. 17,000 Madgalenian culture in Europe

c. 12,000 Upper Paleolithic peoples in Siberia, possibly N China

c. 12,000 Magdalenian culture in Europe declined.

c. 12,000 - 11,000. Ice free passage from Siberia into Americas, most probable peopling of Americas.

c. 12,000 Mesolithic cultures in Iran

c. 12,000 - 10,000 Natufian (Mesolithic) culture in Eastern Mediterranean

c. 11,000 Upper Paleolithic cultures in Japan.

c. 11,000 Mesolithic cultures in India

c. 11,300 years ago. End of Pleistocene geological epoch, beginning of Holocene.

c. 10,000 years ago. Mesolithic cultures in Western Mediterranean


This will be connected to physical and natural science. Physics and chemistry do not appear to be directly useful. Astronomy is a little more useful, although cosmology and galactic astronomy are probably not very useful. Stellar astronomy and solar system astronomy can possibly be connected. Earth science is useful and includes examination of geology, hydrospheric science, atmospheric science, and physical geography. Geohistory is somewhat useful. Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic events can be ignored, only the Cenozoic is significant. Biology is useful, although molecular biology, cell biology, and organism biology are possibly less useful than systematics and ecology. Biohistory is also somewhat useful. Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic life can be ignored, and again, only the Cenozoic is significant.	Links to other sites: Not yet developed.
Personal studies including psychology, and biography, are less directly useful than other areas of study. Knowledge of the human body, including body systems, body functions, disease, life cycle, and form and appearance is useful and related to skeletons and remains dated to this period. Anthropology is an important part of studies in this period. Social foundations have somewhat limited usefulness. Information about demography including birth, death, migration, population size and structure, and population change is limited, though usefu. Physical anthropology such as human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion is an important part of studies in this period. Human ecology including environmental effects on humans, relations with other life human effects on the environment is also significant. Human geography is also significant. Connections to Europe can be found. Asian geography including Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and North Asia is important. Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania, and particular groups will be highly useful. Details of culture are important. This relies most heavily on studies of material culture, including foodstuffs, clothing, buildings, transportation, communication, industries, and other artifacts. Evidence of conceptual culture including graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy is present, but a bit scanty. Language including linguistics, writing, and languages of the world may be significant, but is difficult to reconstruct. Evidence of behavioral culture including recreation and entertainment, and cultural events depends largely on material culture. Information about customs including vital customs, living and dwelling customs, dress and adornment customs, social interaction customs, and institutional customs is scanty and derived largely from studies of material culture. Occupations including food-related, building-related, transportation related, communication related, industrial, and service occupations can be connected. There is also connection to institutions, such as families with marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families. Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, educational organization, and particular schools is not highly developed. Information about economics including economic activities, industries, and economic systems is scanty. Few conclusions can be made about government. Law must have been mostly based on custom. The presence of government structure and activity can only be inferred from material evidence, and no particular governments dating to this period have survived. Elements of religion can perhaps be identified, though I lack details on religious beliefs, practice, or organization, or particular religions. Sociology Social structure and change can be considered. Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, and class structure can be considered. Social types were principally hunting and gathering, but horticultural societies may have appeared late in the period. Agrarian and Industrial societies had not yet developed. Social change including factors of change, processes of change, and particular changes can be examined. Archeological evidence of present-day communities cannot be traced this far, with a possible few exceptions. The origin of modern peoples of the earth seems to date to this period. Much of the research and study of this period is organized by particular nations. I have no details on France, Congo, UK, Italy, South Korea in this period. Rudimentary beginnings of Asiatic peoples can be identified. Nations include Thailand. Middle Eastern peoples include those of Iran. Turkey was inhabited, though I lack details of it. Egypt was inhabited at this period, though I lack details of it. South Asian peoples include those of India which was inhabited at an early period, but I have no details. Pakistan was inhabited at an early period, but I have no details. Bangladesh was inhabited at an early period, but I have no details. Oriental peoples include those of China, which was apparently inhabited by early modern human peoples. Japan was inhabited during this period, but I have no details. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia was presumably first settled by modern humans in the middle prehistoric period, but details are lacking. The Philippines may have been settled in this period. I have no details for Vietnam Rudimentary beginnings of Western civilization can be examined. I have no details on Germany except that here is some dvidence of habitation. For Northeast European peoples, I have no details on Russia in this period, except that ice age hunters may have lived there. African peoples can either be identified or at least give starting points for investigation. I have no details on Ethiopia in this period. I also have no details of West African peoples including Nigeria in this period. American Indian peoples seem to have first entered in this period. Mexico can be considered. South American Indians such as those those in Brazil first appeared in the archeological record. North American Indian peoples originated as humans immigrated from the Old World. A few early remains can be found in what is now the United States Other History This is connected to early prehistory and late prehistory, and is somewhat considered in antiquity, in classical and medieval times, and in modern history. In the 16th century, 17th century, and 18th century, remains of this period were mosly undiscovered. In the 19th century, when archeology had begun remains of this period were found, such as cave paintings at Altamira in 1879. In the 20th century, this period has been better investigated, though details of the early 20th century, early-mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late-mid 20th century, and late 20th century are obscure at present. The future of these studies is obscure.

This will be connected to physical and natural science. Physics and chemistry do not appear to be directly useful. Astronomy is a little more useful, although cosmology and galactic astronomy are probably not very useful. Stellar astronomy and solar system astronomy can possibly be connected. Earth science is useful and includes examination of geology, hydrospheric science, atmospheric science, and physical geography. Geohistory is somewhat useful. Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic events can be ignored, only the Cenozoic is significant. Biology is useful, although molecular biology, cell biology, and organism biology are possibly less useful than systematics and ecology. Biohistory is also somewhat useful. Precambrian, Paleozoic, and Mesozoic life can be ignored, and again, only the Cenozoic is significant.

Links to other sites: Not yet developed.

Personal studies including psychology, and biography, are less directly useful than other areas of study. Knowledge of the human body, including body systems, body functions, disease, life cycle, and form and appearance is useful and related to skeletons and remains dated to this period.

Anthropology is an important part of studies in this period. Social foundations have somewhat limited usefulness. Information about demography including birth, death, migration, population size and structure, and population change is limited, though usefu. Physical anthropology such as human origins, racial variation, and human dispersion is an important part of studies in this period. Human ecology including environmental effects on humans, relations with other life human effects on the environment is also significant. Human geography is also significant. Connections to Europe can be found. Asian geography including Southwest Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and North Asia is important. Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania, and particular groups will be highly useful.

Details of culture are important. This relies most heavily on studies of material culture, including foodstuffs, clothing, buildings, transportation, communication, industries, and other artifacts. Evidence of conceptual culture including graphic arts, literature, mathematics, applied science, and philosophy is present, but a bit scanty. Language including linguistics, writing, and languages of the world may be significant, but is difficult to reconstruct. Evidence of behavioral culture including recreation and entertainment, and cultural events depends largely on material culture. Information about customs including vital customs, living and dwelling customs, dress and adornment customs, social interaction customs, and institutional customs is scanty and derived largely from studies of material culture. Occupations including food-related, building-related, transportation related, communication related, industrial, and service occupations can be connected.

There is also connection to institutions, such as families with marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families. Education including research, teaching, cultural institutions, educational organization, and particular schools is not highly developed. Information about economics including economic activities, industries, and economic systems is scanty. Few conclusions can be made about government. Law must have been mostly based on custom. The presence of government structure and activity can only be inferred from material evidence, and no particular governments dating to this period have survived. Elements of religion can perhaps be identified, though I lack details on religious beliefs, practice, or organization, or particular religions.

Sociology

Social structure and change can be considered. Social structure including anthropological structure, cultural structure, institutional structure, and class structure can be considered. Social types were principally hunting and gathering, but horticultural societies may have appeared late in the period. Agrarian and Industrial societies had not yet developed. Social change including factors of change, processes of change, and particular changes can be examined. Archeological evidence of present-day communities cannot be traced this far, with a possible few exceptions.

The origin of modern peoples of the earth seems to date to this period. Much of the research and study of this period is organized by particular nations. I have no details on France, Congo, UK, Italy, South Korea in this period.

Rudimentary beginnings of Asiatic peoples can be identified. Nations include Thailand. Middle Eastern peoples include those of Iran. Turkey was inhabited, though I lack details of it. Egypt was inhabited at this period, though I lack details of it. South Asian peoples include those of India which was inhabited at an early period, but I have no details. Pakistan was inhabited at an early period, but I have no details. Bangladesh was inhabited at an early period, but I have no details. Oriental peoples include those of China, which was apparently inhabited by early modern human peoples. Japan was inhabited during this period, but I have no details. In Southeast Asia, Indonesia was presumably first settled by modern humans in the middle prehistoric period, but details are lacking. The Philippines may have been settled in this period. I have no details for Vietnam

Rudimentary beginnings of Western civilization can be examined. I have no details on Germany except that here is some dvidence of habitation. For Northeast European peoples, I have no details on Russia in this period, except that ice age hunters may have lived there.

African peoples can either be identified or at least give starting points for investigation. I have no details on Ethiopia in this period. I also have no details of West African peoples including Nigeria in this period.

American Indian peoples seem to have first entered in this period. Mexico can be considered. South American Indians such as those those in Brazil first appeared in the archeological record. North American Indian peoples originated as humans immigrated from the Old World. A few early remains can be found in what is now the United States

Other History

This is connected to early prehistory and late prehistory, and is somewhat considered in antiquity, in classical and medieval times, and in modern history. In the 16th century, 17th century, and 18th century, remains of this period were mosly undiscovered. In the 19th century, when archeology had begun remains of this period were found, such as cave paintings at Altamira in 1879. In the 20th century, this period has been better investigated, though details of the early 20th century, early-mid 20th century, mid 20th century, late-mid 20th century, and late 20th century are obscure at present. The future of these studies is obscure.