22,300 BP to 20,600 BP timeline of archaeology and prehistory including: La Brea Tar Pits, what is now Russia, What is now France, What is now Poland,
22,100 BP, Kyushu, Japan: Aira Caldera. Ejecta 450km3.
19,000 BP to 14,000 BP: Was a warming period in Ireland and beyond.
~ Harvesting of grain increases in the northern hemisphere.
18,000 BP to 10,000 BP: Magdalenian culture left evidence from Portugal to Poland during this period.
~ Russia: In the region Zaraysk, southeast of Moscow, A bison figurine is carved in mammoth ivory.
17,000 BP to 12,000 BP: Ending of the last Ice Age. Earth begins warming.
16,000 BP: The walls of the complex of caves at Lascaux in France are covered, over the years, with a vast number of paintings of animals.
~ U.S.A: At Los Angeles, California La Brea tar pits, apparent marks of cutting on fossils of animal bones suggests human activity in the area at this time.
~ Woolly mammoth remains dating to this time have been found throughout much of the world.