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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 oldest human skeletal remains are the 40ky old Lake Mungo remains in New South Wales, but human ornaments discovered at Devil's Lair in Western Australia have been dated to 48 kya and artifacts at Madjedbebe in Northern Territory are dated to at least 50 kya, and to 62.1 ± 2.9 ka in one 2017 study. [26] [27] [28] [29]
The Awash Valley. The term "Middle Stone Age" (MSA) was proposed to the African Archaeological Congress by Goodwin and Van Riet Lowe in 1929. The use of these terms was officially abandoned in 1965, [8] although the term remains in use in the context of sub-Saharan Africa, beginning with a transitional late Acheulean period known as the Fauresmith industry.
Name Location Culture Period Comment Franchthi Cave: Argolis, Balkans: c. 15,000 – 9,000 BP Previously inhabited during the Upper Paleolithic, continuously inhabited into the Neolithic.
The discovery of human bone fragments sent the researchers digging through the material excavated about nine decades ago — in which they found additional skeleton fragments.
This may relate to the end of the Allerød, a relatively warm period that lasted from c. 12,000 to 11,000 BC. This is the only find in Scotland to date from this early part of the Mesolithic. (S) [17] [18] 11,000–9640 Scotland-wide The Loch Lomond Stadial cold period. No evidence has been found yet of human activity in Scotland during this ...
A combination of bone analysis, carbon dating, stable isotope analysis and DNA testing yielded data that "supports the possibility" that the human bones found in 1955 are those of Bishop Thedomir ...
Workers found human bones by Hoover Dam in 2009. 15 years later, officials identified the John Doe. Jordan D. Brown, CNN. November 7, 2024 at 4:00 AM. ... but the detectives hit a dead end. For ...