The First FarmersTechnology Silk production c. 3,500 BCEMajor Chinese farmers learn to raise silkworms and weave silk, later the prized good of the Silk Road. ▲ 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 → Weaving loom → Silk production Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookShelagh VainkerChinese Silk: A Cultural History ↗Editor's pickBookValerie HansenThe Silk Road: A New History ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubehistory of silk ancient China ↗Editor's pick