[Paul]

Ich berufe mich nicht auf den Illuminaten - ich berufe mich auf Joe Staten, den Hüter der Halo Bibel und verfasser des größten Teils der Story.

http://halosm.bungie.org/story/staten083106.html

HSP: When did the Forerunner die off - in human years?

JS: Inscrutable alien beings with problematic ethics never die... they just fade away. But if what you're asking is: when did the Forerunner take their "Great Journey," that would be about 100,000 years ago - around the time our Homo Sapien ancestors decided to migrate out of Africa. Mind you, that's a hotly debated paleontological theory.