Old Stone AgeCulture & Arts Lion-Man figurine c. 40,000 BCENotable An ivory figure from Germany combines a lion and a human: early evidence of myth and imagination. ▲ 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 → Pigments and symbols → Blombos Cave engravings and beads → Lion-Man figurine Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookJill CookIce Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeLion Man Hohlenstein-Stadel figurine ↗Editor's pick