Beginning of the Lower Paleolithic and first confirmed traces of prehistoric civilizations

Confirmation of the presence of Homo erectus fossils

Beginning of the Lower Paleolithic and first Homo sapiens (Jebel Irhoud, Youssoufia)

Use of specialized tools for hunting

The oldest ornamental objects in the world (Bizmoune, Essaouira)

Beginning of the Upper Paleolithic

The oldest "surgical" operation (trepanation) (Taforalt, Berkane)

Beginning of the Neolithic period

From the book « Chronologie de l’histoire du Maroc (Des temps préhistoriques à la fin du XXe siècle) ».Published by the Royal Institute for Research in the History of Morocco