The Mesolithic Period: A Transitional Era in Human History

Mesolithic, ancient cultural period that existed between the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), with its chipped stone tools, and the Neolithic (New Stone Age), with its polished stone tools.

Some characteristics of the Mesolithic Age are a transition from large chipped stone tools and hunting in groups of large herd animals to smaller (microliths) chipped stone tools and a more hunter-gatherer culture. It ends with the introduction of the growing of crops and husbandry of animals in the Neolithic.

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