section_path: History/Prehistory
section_name: Prehistory
paragraph_text: Prehistory
  
  Early hominin presence in the Levant, where Israel is located, dates back at least 1.5 million years based on the Ubeidiya prehistoric site. The Skhul and Qafzeh hominins, dating back 120,000 years, are some of the earliest traces of anatomically modern humans outside of Africa. The Natufian culture emerged by the 10th millennium BCE, followed by the Ghassulian culture by around 4,500 BCE.