According to Christopher Ehret ( 2002: 35 – 36 ), Proto-Afroasiatic was spoken c. 11, 000 BC at the latest and possibly as early as c. 16, 000 BC.

* Markus Weimer, The Peace Dividend: Analysis of a Decade of Angolan Indicators, 2002 – 2012

** Atlas V ( 2002 – Present )

The Turkic-Mongolic-Tungusic and Korean-Japanese-Ainu groupings were also posited by Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ) who, however, treated them as independent members of a larger family, which he termed Eurasiatic.

This would make it a language family about as old as Indo-European ( 4000 to 7, 000 BC according to several hypotheses cited in Mallory 1997: 106 ) but considerably younger than Afroasiatic ( c. 10, 000 BC according to Diakonoff 1988: 33n, 11, 000 to 16, 000 BC according to Ehret 2002: 35 – 36 ).

* Joseph Greenberg ( 2000 – 2002 ).

* " The Nobels in Baku " in Azerbaijan International, Vol 10. 2 ( Summer 2002 ), 56 – 59.

* 1969 – Bison Dele, American basketball player ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – A female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104.

* 1910 – Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and lyricist ( d. 2002 )

* 2002 – Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón

* 1926 – Pat Coombs, English actress ( d. 2002 )

* 1926 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist ( d. 2002 )

* 1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( d. 2002 )

* 1952 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ) ( d. 2002 )

* 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer ( d. 2002 )

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* 2002 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper ( b. 1905 )

* 2002 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( b. 1947 )

" History and Theory 41, Theme Issue 41 ( December 2002 ), 90 – 103

* 1914 – J. Lee Thompson, English director ( d. 2002 )

* 1930 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist ( d. 2002 )

The album's first single, " Left Behind ", was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 44th Grammy Awards.

Star One's 2002 Space Metal album mixes space rock and progressive metal, and many of the songs are linked conceptually by having cult science fiction movies or TV series as their subjects.

On April 22, 2012, the band performed Leach's first show since 2002 at the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest.

During this time, SNK licensed game production and development rights for its franchises to several other companies, such as South Korean-based Eolith ( who gained control of the King of Fighters franchise between 2001 and 2002 ) and Mega Enterprise ( who produced Metal Slug 4 ), and Japanese-based Noise Factory ( who is responsible for Sengoku 3 ).

2002 saw the first installment of the Tom Clancy licensed Splinter Cell series, an attempt at a more realistic game in the vein of Metal Gear.

* 23 January 2001 – 11 February 2002: Metal Snake

* Death Metal band Hypocrisy album " Catch 22 " released in year 2002.

by Gonzo in 2002, Full Metal Panic?

* Metal of Night ( 2002 )

Vanderhoof's eponymous band released A Blur in Time in 2002, and he began working on new material for Metal Church's next album thereafter.

In 2002 Saxon released Heavy Metal Thunder, a compilation album featuring re-recorded classics from the band's biggest selling albums.

Metal Hurlant began publishing again in July 2002 by Humanoids Publishing, with a French, English, Spanish and Portuguese version, under the French name.

In 2002, the album was No. 45 on Revolver magazine's " 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time " list, and also appeared on their " Must Have Metal Albums " list in 2005.

* Space Metal ( 2002 )

Released on September 12, 2002 in Japan and September 24 in North America, The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 is an interactive " making of " documentary released for the PlayStation 2.

These releases led to an appearance at the long-running Metal for the Brain festival in Canberra late in the year, and in April 2002 Jerk signed to Sony Records.

The project was completed in September 2002 with the release of The Metal Opera Part II.

The band's song " Speed Demon " ( from The Right to Rock ) is briefly heard on the 2002 movie Men in Black II, and appears on Mike Varney's U. S. Metal Vol.

* Star One-Space Metal – 2002

Alternative rock band Wilco references the Landing in " Heavy Metal Drummer ", a song off the 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

* Metal Vibes ( 2002 )

* Flesh Power Dominion ( Album, Metal Blade, 2002 )

* 2002: Avantasia – The Metal Opera Part II ( guitar solo on " The Seven Angels " and " Into the Unknown ")