Stone Age
Prehistoric period before metal tools
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| 2025 |
Genetic history of North Africa
Nature publication revealed a previously unknown North African genetic lineage from the African humid period (7,000 years ago), uncovering unsuspected connections between prehistoric populations of the Sahara and the Maghreb through ancient genome analysis from Taforalt and Takarkori.
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| October 2024 | Todd Wilderman revealed the film was in production, indicating it would balance comedy and emotional storytelling while focusing equally on the principal cast of characters. |
| July 17 2024 | Fox decided to pass on the 'Bedrock' series, effectively canceling the planned Flintstones reboot. |
| 2023 | V-Cinema release taking place twenty years after the Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger series finale, written by Naruhisa Arakawa and directed by Hisashi Kimura. |
| 2023 | Scott Wills was nominated for the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production for 'Echoes of Eternity' |
| 2023 | Primal was nominated for the Critics' Choice Awards for Best Animated Series |
| 2023 | Season 8 of The Croods: Family Tree animated TV series was produced and aired, continuing the storyline of the prehistoric family's adventures. |
| 2023 | Season 7 of the American animated TV series The Croods: Family Tree was released, continuing the storyline of the prehistoric family from the original animated film. |
| 2023 | The sixth season of The Croods: Family Tree animated TV series was released, continuing the storyline of the prehistoric Crood family. |
| October 12 2023 |
The Flintstones
Dynamite Entertainment announces plans to develop a new Flintstones comic book series.
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| June 2023 | Second season's encore rerun left the Toonami block. |
| June 16 2023 | Primal was renewed for a third season, continuing the 10-episode format established in previous seasons. |
| June 9 2023 | Warner Bros. Pictures Animation announced a new Flintstones movie titled 'Meet the Flintstones' in early development, planned as an origin story. Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic will write the script, with Hamish Grieve and Todd Wilderman set to direct. |
| April 25 2023 | Second season of Primal released on DVD and Blu-ray. |
| March 10 2023 | Voice cast for 'Bedrock' was announced, including Elizabeth Banks as Pebbles, Stephen Root as Fred, Amy Sedaris as Wilma, Joe Lo Truglio as Barney, Nicole Byer as Betty, and Manny Jacinto as Bamm-Bamm. Fox ordered a pilot presentation written by Lindsay Kerns. |
| 2022 |
Human evolution fossils
Discovery of Sima del Elephante maxilla, a possible Homo erectus fossil in Spain.
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| 2022 | Season 3 of The Croods: Family Tree animated TV series was released, continuing the animated series featuring the prehistoric Crood family. |
| 2022 | The second season of The Croods: Family Tree animated TV series was aired, continuing the prehistoric family's adventures following the first season. |
| 2022 | Season 4 of the animated TV series 'The Croods: Family Tree' was released, continuing the animated adventures of the prehistoric Crood family. |
| 2022 | Season 5 of the animated TV series The Croods: Family Tree was produced and aired, continuing the animated adventures of the prehistoric Crood family. |
| September 16 2022 | The second season of Primal concluded, ending Spear and Fang's storyline. |
| July 24 2022 | Second season encored on the Toonami block. |
| July 22 2022 | The second season of Primal premiered. |
| May 15 2022 | First season began a second run on the normal schedule of the Toonami block. |
| 2021 | Ryusoulger concludes its broadcast in South Korea as Power Rangers Dino Soul. |
| 2021 |
Genetic history of North Africa
A study revealed the highest frequency of Middle Eastern genetic component in North Africa, observed among the Arabs of Wesletia in Tunisia at 71.8%.
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| 2021 |
Genetic history of North Africa
Lucas-Sánchez et al. confirmed an autochthonous genetic component dating back to pre-Holocene times in North African groups, despite gene flow from the Middle East, Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. Their analysis showed no significant genetic differentiation between Tamazight (Berber) and Arab populations.
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| 2021 | David Krentz won the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation as a storyboard artist for 'Plague of Madness' |
| 2021 | Primal won the Annie Award for Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production |
| 2021 | Genndy Tartakovsky won the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production for 'Plague of Madness' |
| 2021 |
Ugarit
Archaeologists recover a large number of arrowheads from the destruction level of Ugarit, though their typology remains unpublished.
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| 2021 | The reboot series, now titled 'Bedrock', was co-produced by Fox Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, and Brownstone Productions. |
| 2021 | The Flintstones characters (including the Rubbles, the Great Gazoo, a purple Bronto-Crane, and a blue Bronto-Crane) make cameo appearances in the movie 'Space Jam: A New Legacy', watching the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad. |
| October 25 2021 | Movie released on Sony YAY! in India. |
| September 30 2021 | Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs officially premieres on HBO Max, focusing on the adventures of Pebbles Flintstone, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, and Dino in the Stone Age. |
| September 23 2021 | The Croods: Family Tree premiered on Hulu and Peacock, featuring a new voice cast including Tran as Dawn and A.J. LoCascio as Thunk. |
| August 19 2021 | Announcement made that the series will be released on HBO Max instead of the Boomerang IPTV subscription service. |
| June 1 2021 | First season of Primal released on DVD and Blu-ray by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, with subsequent releases in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium. |
| 2020 | Genndy Tartakovsky won the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation as a storyboard artist for 'Spear and Fang' |
| 2020 | Stephen DeStefano won the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for character design in 'A Cold Death' |
| 2020 | Scott Wills won the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation as art director for 'Spear and Fang' |
| 2020 | The first season of Primal was completed, consisting of episodes that followed the survival story of the main characters through a prehistoric landscape filled with dangerous creatures and environmental challenges. |
| November 29 2020 | First season of Primal broadcast during Thanksgiving weekend on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block, commemorating the launch on HBO Max. |
| October 4 2020 | Adult Swim announced the start of the second half of the first season. |
| September 2020 | The series airs in September 2020 on Teletoon in Canada, after being originally scheduled for September 2019. |
| August 31 2020 | The series was officially renewed for a second season, which will also consist of 10 episodes. |
| April 2020 | An episode from the second half of the first season was shown during Adult Swim's April Fools' Day run. |
| April 1 2020 | The second half of the first season began premiering, with remaining episodes releasing weekly after October 4, 2020. |
| February 3 2020 | Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs begins airing on Boomerang UK, marking the first new Flintstones-related animated series since 2002. |
| 2019 |
Genetic history of North Africa
Genetic study discovered that most genetic variation in North Africa was shaped during the Neolithic, with the Taforalt genetic component most frequent in Western North Africans and Berbers.
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