Prehistoric Romania
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Prehistoric Romania is the period in the human occupation (including early hominins) of the geographical area encompassing present-day Romania, which extended through prehistory, and ended when the first written records appeared.
The Palaeolithic
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In 2002, the oldest human remains in Europe have been discovered in the "Cave With Bones" (Pestera cu Oase), near Anina. Nicknamed "Ion din Anina" (John of Anina), his remains (the lower jaw) are aprox. 40,000 years old.
A second expedition by Erik Trinkaus and Ricardo Rodrigo, discovered further fragments (e.g. a skull dated ~36,000, nicknamed "Vasile").
The Mesolithic
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The Neolithic
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- Starčevo-Criş culture
- Dudeşti culture
- Cucuteni culture
- Hamangia culture
- Vinča culture
- Tartaria tablets
- Indo-Europeans
Chalcholitic
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The Bronze Age
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The Thracians
From this mix of native neolithic populations, and the invading Indo-Europeans, a new ethnos emergerd, the Thracians.
The Iron Age
By the sixth century BC, the first written sources dealing with this territory appear from Greek sources. By this time, from the Thracian-speaking populations, the Getae (and later the Daci) branched out.
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