Pre- history is the period of human activity between the use of the first stone tools ~3.3 million years ago and the invention of writing systems, the earliest of which appeared ~5300 years ago.
Matimu yo sungula mahlanganisa nkarhi wa migingiriko ya vanhu exikarhi ka loko vasungule kutirhisa switirhisiwa swa maribye ~ kwalomu ka 3.3 wa timiliyoni ta malembe laya hundzeke, kufikela loko vanhu va tsumbula ndlela yo tsala marito, leswi endlekeke kwalomu ka ~5300 wa malembe lama hundzeke.