c. 8000 BC—Settlement in Franchthi Cave in Peloponnese, continues. First evidence of seed and animal stocking (lentils, almonds) and obsidian trade with Melos. The settlement was continuously occupied since 20,000 BC and abandoned in 3000 BC.
c. 8000 BC—Settlements at Nevali Cori in present-day Turkey are established.
c. 8000 BC—Asikli Hoyuk (Asikli Hüyük), Cappadocia (central Turkey), established.
c. 8000 BC—Settlements at Sagalassos in present-day southwest Turkey are established.
c. 8000 BC—Settlements at Akure in present-day southwest Nigeria are established.
c. 7911 BC—Series of seven massive volcanic eruptions give volcanic skies and lowered temperatures for several centuries (ending 7090 BC). Locations not known, but show in polar ice. (NatGeo1986–9). One possibility is the Phlegraean Fields caldera near Naples, Italy.
The earliest evidence of lentil cropping is in association with wheat and barley at Mureybit in Syria 8500-7500 BC, Hacilar and Cayonu in Turkey 7500-6500 BC[2]
Bladed tools found in southwest Iran date from around 8000 BC. They were made from obsidian that had been transported from Anatolia[3]
World—Between 12,000 BC and 5000 BC it appears that massive inland flooding was taking place in several regions of the world, making for subsequent sea level rises, which could be relatively abrupt for many worldwide
The ancient incarnations of The Five magical children in Anthony Horowitz's Power Of 5 series save the whole planet from the evil "Old Ones" at around 8010 BC-8005 BC, after a 50 year war over the face of the earth
In the Japanese series Sailor Moon, the Silver Millennium culture on the Moon is brought to an end at this time.
In 2268 of Star Trek: The Original Series, the crew of the starship USS Enterprise rush to stop an asteroid from colliding with a Federation world, but discover the asteroid called Yonada is actually an inhabited multi-generation ship of millions of people. It is learned that the Fabrini people are the ones who constructed the asteroid ship 10,000 years ago, before their star exploded into a supernova and head to a new home planet light-years away.
In Stargate universe, the ancient human civilization of 8000 BC encounters a Pyramidal Spacecraft, supposedly of the Alien Ra, who has been searching the Galaxy for a Host which can sustain his dying form and prevent his demise. Upon encountering Humans, he decides to possess the body of a young Egyptian boy and rules the planet Earth as a god. His godly status is enhanced by his superior technology which seems to humans like magic.
In Myst, the D'ni first travel to Earth in around 7656 BC.
In Mortal Kombat, the antagonist Shang Tsung mentions Princess Kitana as being 10,000 years old.