The First FarmersEconomy & Trade Jericho settled c. 9,000 BCEMajor One of the world's oldest continuously inhabited towns; by about 8000 BCE it has a stone wall and tower. ▲ 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 → Natufian villages → Oldest known bread → Agriculture begins → Jericho settled Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentwhc.unesco.orgAncient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan (UNESCO World Heritage) ↗Editor's pickBookKathleen KenyonDigging Up Jericho ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeNeolithic Jericho tower and walls ↗Editor's pick