# Earliest traces of early humans in Poland (-500000)

URL: https://poland-history.com/timeline/-500000-earliest-traces-of-early-humans-in-poland
Location: Trzebnica, Lower Silesia

Simple stone tools from sites such as Trzebnica in Lower Silesia are among the oldest evidence of archaic humans visiting the territory of present-day Poland during warmer interglacial phases. Within the broader Prehistoric Poland period: From the first Palaeolithic hunters to the Bronze Age, the lands between the Oder and the Vistula saw waves of migration, the arrival of farming and the growth of ever more complex communities long before any state existed. At this point in the timeline (c. 500,000 BCE), the governing authority was Prehistoric communities (No single ruler). The lands of present-day Poland were inhabited by successive Palaeolithic hunters and Neolithic and Bronze Age farming communities; there was no state or single ruler. Earliest traces of early humans in Poland mattered because it offers material evidence of how people lived on Polish soil long before written records, and helps date the region's earliest cultures. The event is placed here so readers can follow it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion and culture across Polish history.

## Why it matters
Earliest traces of early humans in Poland mattered because it offers material evidence of how people lived on Polish soil long before written records, and helps date the region's earliest cultures.

Ruler at the time: [Prehistoric communities](https://poland-history.com/rulers/prehistoric-communities)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Prehistory and protohistory of Poland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_and_protohistory_of_Poland)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Earliest traces of early humans in Poland](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Earliest+traces+of+early+humans+in+Poland)