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Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Holocene epoch.

1 Events

• Circa 8500 BC–Neolithic hunters camp at Cramond, Prehistoric Scotland
• Circa 8350 BC–Neolithic settlement at Jericho
• Circa 8300 BC– Nomadic hunters arrive in England
• Circa 8000 BC– Øvre Eiker of Norway inhabited
• Circa 8700 BC–8400 BC– Star Carr site in Yorkshire, Britain inhabited by MaglemosianMaglemosian is the name given to a culture of the early Mesolithic period in Northern Europe. The Maglemosian people lived in forest and wetland environments using fishing and hunting tools made from wood, bone and flint microliths. It appears that they h peoples

2 Inventions and discoveries

• Agriculture in MesopotamiaThis is an article about the ancient middle eastern region. For the region in modern times, see Iraq, Syria. See also Mesopotamia, Ohio. Mesopotamia ( Greek: , translated from Old Persian Miyanrudan "the Land between the Rivers" or the Aramaic name Beth-N
• Invention of the bowA bow is a weapon that shoots arrows powered by the elasticity of the bow and/or the string. It is useful for hunting and war. The technique of using a bow is called archery. A large number of different bow designs have been used in different cultures and and arrowThis is an article about the projectile; see Arrow (disambiguation) for other meanings. An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates history and is common to most cultures. An arrow consists of a long and thin shaft made formerly
• Domestication of the pigThe domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa though some authors call it S. domesticus reserving S. scrofa for the wild boar. It has been a domesticated animal for approximately 5,000 to 7,000 years. The animal is found across Europe, in ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute
• Domestication of sheepThis article is about the animal; for other meanings of Sheep see Sheep (disambiguation). A sheep is any of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds, but most commonly the Domestic Sheep Ovis aries , which probably descends from the wild urial of south-central and goatA goat is any of several species of medium-sized grazing animal. All goats (and sheep) belong to the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. In common use, however, goat is usually understood to mean the Domestic Goat Capra aegagrus hircus a subspeciess in the Middle East