Timeline
Prehistoric Migrations
10,000 – 1,000 BCE · 6 events
The end of the Ice Age triggered a revolution in human society: farming emerged independently in the Levant, China, and the Americas, and farming populations then expanded outward, replacing or absorbing hunter-gatherers across vast territories. The Yamnaya pastoralists of the Pontic-Caspian steppe delivered Indo-European languages to Europe and South Asia in one of prehistory's most consequential migrations, while Austronesian sailors began their extraordinary colonisation of the Pacific from Taiwan.
Events
- migration9K BCE
Neolithic Farming Spread into Europe
Prehistory
c. 9000 – 4000 BCE
- migration5K BCE
East African Farming and Pastoralist Expansions
Prehistory / Ancient
c. 5000 BCE – 0 CE
- migration4K BCE
Austronesian Voyages
Prehistory / Ancient
c. 3500 BCE – 1200 CE
- migration3K BCE
Yamnaya Steppe Migration
Prehistory
c. 3300 – 2500 BCE
- migration3K BCE
The Bantu Expansions
Prehistory / Ancient
c. 3000 BCE – 1000 CE
- migration2K BCE
Indo-Aryan Migration into South Asia
Prehistory / Ancient
c. 2000 – 1500 BCE
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Dates are approximate. Ranges reflect current scientific consensus and are subject to revision as new evidence emerges.