1) Africa is considered the cradle of humanity, as the oldest human skeletons have been found in East Africa, including a female skeleton nicknamed "Lucy" dated to 3.6-3 million years ago. 2) Several human species emerged in Africa over time, including Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens, with Homo erectus living 1.5 million to 250,000 years ago. 3) Early humans like Homo erectus showed evidence of walking upright 3.5 million years ago based on footprints found in East Africa.

2. Early Civilizations

3. Africa is the cradle of the human race. Anthropologists have unearthed the oldest human skeletons in East Africa. First Humans

4. One of the best preserved human remnants is a female skeleton found in Ethiopia. Anthropologists assembled about 40% of the young girl that was given the nick name "Lucy". Lucy was dated between 3.6 and 3 million years ago. Lucy

5. Where it all began Australopithecus, red Homo habilis blue Homo erectus, green Homo sapiens: Archaic, White Neanderthal, Purple Modern, yellow

6. Homo Erectus 1.5 million to 250,000 years ago Neanderthal 100,000 to 35,000 years ago Cro-Magnon 35,000 to 10,000 years ago Prehistoric Man

7. Homo Erectus 1.5 million to 250,000 years ago Neanderthal 100,000 to 35,000 years ago Cro-Magnon 35,000 to 10,000 years ago

8. Foot prints from East Africa that date back 3.5 million years. Prove that human-like creatures were walking upright in Africa 3.5 million years ago.

11. A painting of a prehistoric settlement in France.

13. Cro-Magnon art in a cave in Salon Noir at Niaux in France. They date back to around 13,000 - 10,000 B.C.

14. A Cro-Magnon painting of bull found near Lascaux, France. This painting dates back 35,000 to 10,000 years ago.