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   5 days ago · At least three species within the genus Homo achieved a Paleolithic level of development. There is a great deal of evidence that the species H. erectus (which likely originated in Africa and lasted from 1.9 million to about 200,000 years ago), H. neanderthalensis (that is, the Neanderthals, who inhabited Eurasia from at least 200,000 years ago to as late as 24,000 years ago), and H. sapiens ...

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   May 20, 2024 · The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (/ ˌ p eɪ l i oʊ ˈ l ɪ θ ɪ k, ˌ p æ l i-/ PAY-lee-oh-LITH-ik, PAL-ee-), also called the Old Stone Age (from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old', and λίθος (líthos) 'stone'), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric ...

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   What is the Paleolithic period?

   • Paleolithic Period, ancient cultural stage, or level, of human development, characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools. The popular Paleo diet, or Stone Age diet, is based on foods humans presumably would have consumed during the Paleolithic Period. ( See also Stone Age .)

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   What is Paleolithic archaeology?

   • Paleolithic archaeology is concerned with the origins and development of early human culture between the first appearance of human beings as tool-using mammals (which is believed to have occurred sometime before 3.3 million years ago) and about 8000 bce (near the beginning of the Holocene Epoch [11,700 years ago to the present]).

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   What is a Stone Age era?

   • Stone Age, prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools, the oldest known of which date to some 3.3 million years ago. The Stone Age is usually divided into three separate periods: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.

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   How long did the Upper Paleolithic last?

   • The Upper Paleolithic, which saw the emergence of more sophisticated tools, lasted from about 50,000–40,000 years ago until about 10,000 years ago. Different members of Australopithecus and Homo overlapped in time with one another for nearly one million years.

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   May 10, 2024 · The Stone Age itself is separated into three additional categories — the Paleolithic, the Mesolithic, and the Neolithic. The Paleolithic Cavemen personify the Paleolithic , a roughly 2 million-year-long stretch that saw the ancestors of humans — and then anatomically modern humans themselves — invent tools as their technical acumen grew.

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   2 days ago · Levallois points, in particular, were well-suited for use as spear tips and were widely used by Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens during the Middle Paleolithic. The Levallois technique also set the stage for the development of blade technology, which emerged in the Upper Paleolithic period (50,000-10,000 years ago).

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   3 days ago · Updated on May 24, 2024. The Geologic Time Scale is the history of the Earth broken down into four spans of time: the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras. These eras of the Earth are marked by various events, such as the emergence of certain species, their evolution, and their extinction, that help distinguish one era from another.

8. www.ominilearn.com › the-paleolithic-age-dawn-ofThe Paleolithic Age: Dawn of Human Civilization

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   May 17, 2024 · The Paleolithic Age, also known as the Old Stone Age, marks a pivotal era in the history of human civilization