Old Stone AgeIdeas & Belief First intentional burials c. 100,000 years agoMajor Graves at Qafzeh and Skhul in Israel, some with ochre and shells, suggest beliefs about death. ▲ 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 → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Complex language → First intentional burials Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumenthumanorigins.si.eduQafzeh: oldest intentional burial (Smithsonian Human Origins) ↗Editor's pickBookMike Parker PearsonThe Archaeology of Death and Burial ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeearliest human burials Qafzeh Skhul ↗Editor's pick