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==Prehistory==
{{PA|Prehistoriala Italia}}
[[File:Matera0005.jpg|thumbnail|left|[[Matera]], which dates from Palaeolithic [[10th millennium BC]], (region of [[Basilicata]]).]]


IEn prehistoric times, theala tempo, Italiana peninsula was rathero esis differeant from its current shape. During thea de lua nuna formo. Dum la lasta [[Ice Age]], the islands ofglaciala evo]], l'insuli di [[Elba]] ande [[Sicilyia]] were connected to the mainland. The [[Adriatic Sea]] was far smaller, since it started at what is now theesis konektita kun kontinentala teritorio. [[Adriatika maro]] esis multa plu mikra, dekande komencas a qua esas nuna [[Gargano]] peninsulao, and what is now the bay ofe qua esas nuna la gulfo di [[Veniceezia]] wesas a fertilea plain with anajo kun humid ca klimateo.

Flint tools uncovered at Pirro Nord show that ancient humans were present in Italy 1.5 million years ago.<ref>http://www.researchgate.net/publication/222701100_Out_of_Africa_The_first_evidence_of_Italian_peninsula_occupation/file/d912f507e545a869d9.pdf</ref> The presence of the ''[[Homo neanderthalensis]]'' has been demonstrated in archaeological findings dating to c. 50,000 years ago (late [[Pleistocene]]). [[Homo sapiens sapiens]] appeared during the upper [[Palaeolithic(contracted; show full)

==External links==
* [http://www.miol.it/stagniweb/foto6.asp?File=mappe_va&Tipo=index&Righe=50&Col=4 Detailed Maps of the History of Italy]
* [http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Italy:_Primary_Documents History of Italy: Primary Documents]
* [http://www.italyrevisited.org/ Italy Revisited (historical photo archives)]