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  1. The Upper Paleolithic is divided by the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), from about 25 to 15 ka. The peopling of the Americas occurred during this time, with East and Central Asia populations reaching the Bering land bridge after about 35 ka, and expanding into the Americas by about 15 ka.

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    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 ...

  3. Art of the European Upper Paleolithic includes rock and cave painting, jewelry, drawing, carving, engraving and sculpture in clay, bone, antler, stone and ivory, such as the Venus figurines, and musical instruments such as flutes.

  4. Pliocene (5.3–2.58 million years old) Pleistocene. Lower Paleolithic: 2.58–0.3 million years old. Middle Paleolithic: 300,000–50,000 years old. Upper Paleolithic: 50,000–11,500 years old. Holocene (11,500–5,000 years old) Abbreviations used in fossil catalog name.

  5. May 22, 2024 · The Upper Paleolithic Period was characterized by the emergence of regional stone tool industries, such as the Perigordian, Aurignacian, Solutrean, and Magdalenian of Europe as well as other localized industries of the Old World and the oldest known cultures of the New World.

  6. Articles relating to the Upper Paleolithic (50,000 to 12,000 years ago), the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. From the appearance of behavioral modernity in early modern humans until the advent of the Neolithic Revolution and agriculture.

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