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Prehistory: before or after?

T. rex or Stegosaurus? The mammoth or Homo sapiens? Travel back millions of years.

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Timeline: Prehistory

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  1. 520 million years ago Trilobites Trilobites, small shelled sea creatures, live on the ocean floor. Many of their fossils are still found today.
  2. 230 million years ago The first dinosaurs The first dinosaurs appear: they are small and run on two legs.
  3. 155 million years ago Stegosaurus Stegosaurus, with big plates on its back and a spiky tail, munches on plants.
  4. 68 million years ago Tyrannosaurus rex T. rex, one of the biggest meat-eaters of all time, lives just before the dinosaurs die out.
  5. 55 million years ago The first horses The ancestors of horses are the size of a fox and live in forests.
  6. 3.3 million years ago The first stone tools In Africa, human ancestors shape the first stone tools.
  7. 400,000 years ago The woolly mammoth The woolly mammoth, covered in long hair, appears during the ice ages.
  8. 300,000 years ago The first Homo sapiens The first humans of our species, Homo sapiens, live in Africa.
  9. 18,000 years ago The Lascaux cave paintings In the Lascaux cave in France, artists paint horses, aurochs and deer.
  10. 10,000 years ago The beginnings of farming In the Middle East, people begin to grow cereals and live in villages.

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