Old Stone AgeTechnology First fired clay figures c. 29,000 BCENotable Figurines baked in kilns at Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic, show people understood how fire transforms clay. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → First fired clay figures Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookJill CookIce Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeVenus of Dolni Vestonice fired clay ↗Editor's pick