This document provides a timeline of key developments in biotechnology from 8000 BCE to 2012 CE. Some highlights include the domestication of crops and livestock in 8000-4000 BCE, the use of yeast for leavening bread and fermenting beer in 2000 BCE, the discovery of DNA's role in heredity in the mid-1800s and early 1900s, the development of genetic engineering and recombinant DNA techniques in the 1970s, the launch of the Human Genome Project in 1990, the cloning of Dolly the sheep in 1997, and the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed in 2012. The timeline traces the evolution of biotechnology from early agricultural practices to modern genetic research and applications in medicine.