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The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymously, especially for outside northern Europe, and for the corresponding period in the Levant and Caucasus.
The Mesolithic [1] was a period in the development of human technology between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods of the Stone Age. In the Palaeolithic, people were pure hunter-gatherers.
The Middle Stone Age (or MSA) was a period of African prehistory between the Early Stone Age and the Late Stone Age. It is generally considered to have begun around 280,000 years ago and ended around 50–25,000 years ago. [1] .
Mesolithic people occupied Britain by around 9,000 BC, and it has been occupied ever since. [25] By 8000 BC temperatures were higher than today, and birch woodlands spread rapidly, [26] but there was a cold spell around 6,200 BC which lasted about 150 years. [27]
Mesolithic, ancient cultural stage that existed between the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), with its chipped stone tools, and the Neolithic (New Stone Age), with its polished stone tools. Mesolithic material culture is characterized by greater innovation and diversity than is found in the Paleolithic.
The Mesolithic was a prehistoric period that spanned the transition between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. These three periods together comprised the Stone Age. The term Mesolithic comes from the Greek meso meaning "between" and lithos meaning "stone", thus referring to the "Middle Stone Age".
The Mesolithic Period, or Middle Stone Age, is an archaeological term describing specific cultures that fall between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic Periods. While the start and end dates of the Mesolithic Period vary by geographical region, it dated approximately from 10,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE.
The Mesolithic Age, often referred to as the Middle Stone Age, represents a crucial transitional period in human prehistory. Spanning roughly from 10,000 to 6,000 BCE, this era bridged the gap between the Paleolithic, characterized by nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles, and the Neolithic, marked by the dawn of agriculture and settled communities.
The duration of the classical Palaeolithic, which lasted until about 10,000 years ago, is applicable to Southeastern Europe. It ended with the Mesolithic (duration is two to four millennia) or, where an early Neolithisation was peculiar to, with the Epipalaeolithic.
Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) In nw Europe, period in human development following the Palaeolithic and preceding the Neolithic. It followed an Ice Age ( c. 8000 bc). As the environment changed, scrub gave way to forest, and small game proliferated.