A Timeline of Humanity's Turn to Civilization

Filed by Dr. Vera Quark

The scientific consensus is that human civilization started about 12,000 years ago. Yeah, we don't really know for sure, but that's how far back the evidence we have goes. For the purpose of this video, Kurzgesagt assigns that point to be the year zero. This is when the first stone settlements were built, which left us traces of their history. From there, they progressed to religion, agriculture, trade, and war, in that order, as these civilized people traveled to the ends of the earth. Then cam