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Movies set in Prehistoric times
(c. 4.5 Billion - 3300 BCE)
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Quest for Fire (1981) Quest for Fire (1981)
Creatures the World Forgot (1971) Creatures the World Forgot (1971)
10,000 B.C. (2008) 10,000 B.C. (2008) 4
Prehistoric Women (1950) Prehistoric Women (1950)
One Million Years B.C. (1966) One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Dinosaur (2000) Dinosaur (2000)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
The Land Before Time (1988) The Land Before Time (1988) 4.5
Ice Age (2002) Ice Age (2002) 7
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
History of the World: Part I (1981) History of the World: Part I (1981) 6
National Lampoon's Stoned Age (2007) National Lampoon's Stoned Age (2007)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) 5
Caveman (1981) Caveman (1981) 4.5
One Million B.C. (1940) One Million B.C. (1940)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
Year One (2009) Year One (2009) 7
When Women Had Tails (1970) When Women Had Tails (1970)
Background
- 4.5 billion years ago Sun and Earth form, life shortly after
- 3.5 billion years ago oxygen develops
- 1 billion years ago sexual reproduction evolves, speeds up evolution.
- 600 million years ago life starts to diversify; plants, then bugs, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and dinosaurs, who ruled 150 million years until mass extinction.
- 8 million years ago humans evolved from primates in Africa
- 2 million years ago humans leave Africa
- 200,000 years ago Neanderthals appear
- 50,000 years ago Cro-Magnon, our direct ancestors, appear Early farming emerges after last Ice Age
- 6,000 BCE, oldest known trading center, Jericho, forming. Merchants began to flourish, as well as smelting of metals, better saws, and the wheel. Gold appears as a luxury. Wealth and power sought. Wars and slavery follow. Many displaced.
- 3300 BCE, civilization begins at Sumer (modern-day Iraq). To keep records, Sumerians developed writing system, Cuneiform, and the rest is history.