Timeline (Panama Inferno)

TimelinePanama Inferno

Prehistory
 * 20 Million Years Ago: Meteor Hits Indian Ocean, Panama Landbridge forms, first Ice Age in Europe, Africa begins drying up (POD)
 * 15 Million Years Ago: First Bipedal Hominids Appear in Africa
 * 12 Million Years Ago: Brain Size Increasing alongside first stone tools
 * 10 Million Years Ago: First Hominids leave Africa
 * 7 Million Years Ago: Speciation occurs in Europe, East Asia, and South Africa
 * 5-3 Million Years Ago: Massive volcanic eruptions in Panama, large displacement of oceanic water, start of massive ice age, acceleration of hominid speciation due to increased genetic isolation
 * 2 Million Years Ago: Three hominid species coexist in Eurasia and Africa, one of which approximates Homo sapiens sapiens in appearance
 * 1.5 Million Years Ago: Homo sapiens sapiens begin exhibiting modern behavior
 * 1 Million Years Ago: Modern humans emerge from Africa and begin colonizing the Middle East and South Asia along the coasts
 * 500,000 Years Ago: Modern humans contact Asian species in Southeast Asia and China; begin moving northward along coasts
 * 350,000 Years Ago: Modern humans enter Europe and contact European species; mutual avoidance due to extreme cold and competition with native species
 * 300,000 Years Ago: Modern humans arrive in Siberia and encounter the Bering Road; some begin entering the Americas
 * 250,000 Years Ago: Ice Age ends, glaciers start to melt and sea levels rise; coastal flooding in Southeast Asia leads to mass die-off of Asian species populations as niches and homes lost; species eventually rendered extinct within 30,000 years due to competition with modern humans; European species soon follows
 * 200,000 Years Ago: Climate change stabilizes, with modern map in place.
 * 150,000 Years Ago: First farming communities form in Mesopotamia, China, and Andes