Old Stone AgeCulture & Arts Venus figurines c. 30,000 BCENotable Small carved female figures such as the Venus of Willendorf appear across Europe. ▲ 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 → Venus figurines Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookJill CookIce Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind ↗Editor's pickBookR. Dale GuthrieThe Nature of Paleolithic Art ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeVenus figurines explained ↗Editor's pick