This episode is going to deal with a huge expanse of time, all the way from the first evidence of human habitation in Greece, to the start of the Bronze Age. From a dating perspective, this covers a time frame from somewhere between four and three hundred thousand BC, to just before three thousand BC. The aim here is to just give a brief overview of what was taking place in this period. We will look at the geography and climate of Greece before then moving into what the current evidence can tell us about what was happening in pre-historic times. We will look at periods of human migration, which would see new ideas and language enter into Greece and meld with the native population. This would see larger communities grow and more complex societies develop, advancing to a point where distinctive signs of civilisation would develop. To finish things off we will have a look at radio carbon dating, a method commonly used to date objects in history this far back. This will then bring us to a point where the Bronze Age develops – the topic of the next episode…