The First FarmersEconomy & Trade Varna gold hoard c. 4,500 BCENotable The world's oldest worked gold, buried in Bulgaria, reveals early wealth and social ranking. ▲ 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 → First fired clay figures → First pottery → Copper smelting → Varna gold hoard Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookDavid W. AnthonyThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language ↗Editor's pickBookT. Douglas PriceEurope Before Rome ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeVarna gold oldest gold treasure ↗Editor's pick