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5 days ago · The oldest known eyed needles date back to around 45,000 years ago and were made from bird bone. The ability to create warm, well-fitting clothing was crucial for human survival in colder climates during the last glacial period. Other notable organic tools from the Upper Paleolithic include:
2 days ago · Upper Paleolithic. Last Glacial Maximum. Mesolithic. Neolithic. Bronze Age. Recent history. Genetics of modern European populations. Patrilineal studies. Matrilineal studies. European population sub-structure. Autosomal DNA. Autosomal genetic distances (Fst) based on SNPs (2009) History of research. Classical genetic markers (by proxy)
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11 hours ago · The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος néos 'new' and λίθος líthos 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts of the world.
5 days ago · 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.
- The Stone Age was the prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, that was characterized by the creation and use of stone tools. It...
- The Stone Age is divided into three separate periods, namely the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (New Sto...
- The beginning of the Stone Age coincides with the discovery of the oldest known stone tools, which have been dated to some 3.3 million years ago.
- Humans created four types of tools during the Stone Age: pebble tools; bifacial tools, or hand-axes; flake tools; and blade tools.
3 days ago · Although the children of Neanderthals, who lived until around 40,000 years ago, and those of modern humans of the Upper Paleolithic Age 50,000 to 12,000 years ago were probably subjected to comparable stresses, systemic stress peaked at different stages of development.
3 days ago · The first wave of modern humans in Europe (Initial Upper Paleolithic) left no genetic legacy to modern Europeans; however, from 37,000 years ago a second wave succeeded in forming a single founder population, from which all subsequent Cro-Magnons descended and which contributes ancestry to present-day Europeans.
6 days ago · Cro Magnon Man, a robust and powerful hominid of the Upper Paleolithic era, emerges from the shadows of prehistory, leaving behind skeletal remains primarily found in southern France.
