Old Stone AgeIdeas & Belief Rich burials at Sungir c. 34,000 BCENotable Graves in Russia hold thousands of ivory beads, signs of status and ritual. ▲ 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 → Rich burials at Sungir Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookT. Douglas PriceEurope Before Rome ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeSungir burials Upper Paleolithic ↗Editor's pick