6th millennium BC

millennium between 6000 BC and 5001 BC

a lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, 32 km northwest of Rome. It is the second largest lake in the region and one of the major lakes of Italy.

Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Mesopotamia

mountain in Oregon, USA

hypothetical flood scenario

archaeological culture

sea

archaeological culture

archaeological culture

archaeological culture

second period of human occupation in the Americas

archaeological cultures

Trijntje is the name given to the oldest known human skeleton discovered in the Netherlands. The remains, belonging to a woman who lived around 5500 BCE during the Mesolithic period, were unearthed in 1997 near Hardinxveld-Giessendam during the construction of the Betuweroute railway line.

ultra-Plinian eruption in Kyushu, Japan, at around 6,500 BP