The historical "fall" from the Garden of Eden may have happened around 50,000 years ago. For some reason before that time the hominids in Africa, Europe, and Asia appeared to be behaviorally similar as evidenced by their artifacts. Then something happened in Africa and art and jewelry appeared as well as major changes in other artifacts. Over the next 10,000 years these behaviorally modern humans spread across the globe and pushed aside the indigenous hominids they encountered.