| 100,000+BC | Last Ice Age covers all of Europe down to central France. |
| 43,000BC | Hunter-Gatherers arrive & begin migrating across Europe. |
| 30,000BC | Dogs being domesticated from wolves.
The Chauvet Cave paintings in southern France. |
| 15,000BC | The famous Lacroix "Great Hall of Bulls" cave paintings in France. |
| Wall Art | 
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| 10,500BC | Ice Age begins melting over the next 1000 years. |
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| 4500BC | Climate warms to present-day levels.
Chasseen people begin arriving in southern Europe including
northern France and
migrate south toward the Mediterranean. |
| 4040BC | Chasseen people are the backdrop for The Chasseen Legends.
Farming started.
Complex (multi-clan) settlements are formed. |
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| 3500BC | Wheel invented in central Europe and usage spreads. |
| 3200BC | Otzi - the Ice Man dies in French/Swiss border area. |
| 3100BC | Chasseen society breaks apart in Europe and into smaller groups in southern France. |
| 2400BC | Stone Structures erected at Stonehenge. |
| 1300BC | Celts arrive with metal: copper, then bronze, then iron. |
| 680BC | Greeks arrive and establish port cities. |
| 58BC | Julius Caesar invades and establishes Roman state of Gaul. |
