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When Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and gave it to men, there was a twofold punishment: 1) Prometheus was chained to the Caucasus mountains and 2) Pandora, the first woman, was created. If we use the creation of Pandora as a time reference, we might assume that she was created no later than 40,000 years ago.
Two conflicting penalties for murder in the book of Genesis. Both instances of murder refer to an era that preceded the 613 commands of the Mosaic law code. The first mention of the appropriate punishment for a murder is in Genesis 4:11-15. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;...a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.