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Events
o Circa 8000 BC–Øvre Eiker of Norway inhabited
o Circa 8000 BC– Inland flooding due to catastrophic glacier melt was taking place in several regions of the World
o Circa 8000 BC– Long term melting of the Antarctic ice sheets is commencing Antarctica
o Circa 8000 BC– Ice free condition in the Antarctic ended about 6000 years ago Antarctica
o Circa 8000 BC– Apollo 1 cave -earliest recorded African stone engravings. Africa
o Circa 8000 BC– Rising sea levels caused by postglacial warming Asia Japan
Circa 8000 BC- A single PC is assigned to perform calculations for the Human Proteome Project by the World Community Grid. Expectations are that it will complete the calculations within 16,000 years.

Environmental changes
o Circa 8000 BC– Agriculture in Mesopotamia
o Circa 8000 BC– Domestication of the pig in China Turkey
o Circa 8000 BC– Domestication of sheep and goats in the Middle East Iraq
o Circa 8000 BC– Evidence of domestication of dogs wolves, Middle East Palestine England
o Circa 8000 BC– Trans-Atlantic trade involving tobacco taking place between Africa and South America?
o Circa 8000 BC– World : Rising Sea
o Circa 8000 BC– World - Cometary showers coincide with a close passage of Venus
o Circa 8000 BC– Antarctica - long term melting of the Antarctic ice sheets is commencing
o Circa 8000 BC– Asia - Japan: rising sea levels caused by postglacial warming
o Circa 8000 BC– Obliteration of more than 40 million animals about this time North America Asia Australia
o Circa 8000 BC– N America, glacial Decline, The glaciers were receding and by 8,000 B.C. the Wisconsin had withdrawn completely.
o Circa 8000 BC– Atlantis: Is it only a coincidence that Plato will later speak of Atlantis existing prior to this time

Inventions and discoveries
o Circa 8000 BC– Ancient flint tools from north and central Arabia belong to hunter-gatherer societies Asia Iran
o Circa 8000 BC– Clay vessels and modeled human and animal terracotta figurines are produced at Ganj Dareh in western Iran Asia
o Circa 8000 BC– Invention of the bow and arrow
o Circa 8000 BC– Exchange of goods, a three dimensional combination of an accounting/inventory system and medium of exchange
o Circa 8000 BC– Exchange of goods may represent the earliest pseudo-writing technology

I Think that was the last time me football team (soccer) won a game .
Still we live in hope
seriously good achievement lets get that last 40% done ASAP!

p.s. Perhaps rather than killing the ants (see thread up) You could set them to work. (Re disc world)
From The Barmy Brewer