Discover the Mesolithic—the short but crucial period after the last Ice Age that shaped human culture and technology. With megafauna gone and Homo sapiens thriving, different regions entered ...

Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), the Mesolithic (12,000 to 10,000 years ago), and the Neolithic ...

Historic England has dated the specimen to the Late Mesolithic period (4640-4605 BCE). ... Timeline 9,700 – 4,000 BC Mesolithic period, also known as the ‘Middle Stone Age’.

In Britain, the Mesolithic period, which was generally characterized by people living hunter-gatherer lifestyles, lasted from 10,000-6,000 B.C., according to Taylor, although definitions vary.

Most of the Mesolithic human remains that date to this period were discovered in caves and there is a strong tradition of cave burial in the region. 'About a mile up the road from where Cheddar Man ...

Archaeologists found a series of 25 pits arranged in straight lines in Bedfordshire, England, from the Mesolithic period, around 8,000 years ago.

Evidence discovered in a cave on Malta indicates hunter-gatherers visited the picturesque Mediterranean island long before they began farming on mainland Europe.

Mesolithic rock art find adds to Hyderabad’s history The paintings are between 6,000 to 12,000 years old, according to a historian Updated - October 12, 2023 03:32 pm IST - HYDERABAD ...