(10th millennium BC- 9th millennium BC - 8th millennium BC - other millennia)
Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Holocene epoch.
| Date | Event(s) |
|---|---|
| ? | Animals are domesticated |
| ? | Agriculture in Mesopotamia |
| ? | Invention of the bow and arrow |
| ? | Earliest pottery in Japan |
| circa 8350 BC | Neolithic settlement at Jericho |
| circa 8300 BC | Nomadic hunters arrive in England |
| circa 8000 BC | Eiker of Norway inhabited |