Reconstruction of settlement of late Jomon period, Japan, illustrationUNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1900: Prehistory, Neolithic, Japan. Reconstructed late Jomon period settlement. Drawing. (Photo By DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini via Getty Images)

Illustration of Neanderthal man sitting around fire holding lance-like weapon; circa 30,000 BC.  (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Koster dog burial, July 1975, (Credit: Del Baston, courtesy of the Center of American Archeology)

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Prehistory, the vast period of time before written records or human documentation, includes the Neolithic Revolution, Neanderthals and Denisovans, Stonehenge, the Ice Age and more.

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Early Americans Buried Their Dogs Like Family

Early Humans Slept Around with More than Just Neanderthals

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Scopes Monkey Trial begins

Lascaux cave paintings discovered

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