Paleolithic
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The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic or Palæolithic , also called a Old Stone Age from Greek Pleistocene c. 11,650 cal BP.
The Paleolithic Age in Europe preceded the Mesolithic Age, although the date of the transition varies geographically by several thousand years. During the Paleolithic Age, hominins grouped together in small societies such(a) as bands as well as subsisted by gathering plants, fishing, as well as hunting or scavenging wild animals. The Paleolithic Age is characterized by the ownership of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools. Other organic commodities were adapted for usage as tools, including leather and vegetable fibers; however, due to rapid decomposition, these pull in non survived to any great degree.
About 50,000 years ago, a marked add in the diversity of artifacts occurred. In Africa, bone artifacts and the first artin the archaeological record. The number one evidence of human fishing is also noted, from artifacts in places such as Blombos cave in South Africa. Archaeologists categorize artifacts of the last 50,000 years into numerous different categories, such(a) as projectile points, engraving tools, knife blades, and drilling and piercing tools.
Humankind gradually evolved from early members of the genus ][] Conditions during the Paleolithic Age went through a manner of glacial and interglacial periods in which the climate periodically fluctuated between warm and cool temperatures. Archaeological and genetic datathat the extension populations of Paleolithic humans survived in sparsely-wooded areas and dispersed through areas of high primary productivity while avoiding dense forest-cover.
By c. 50,000 – c. 40,000 BP, the first humans mark foot in Australia. By c. 45,000 BP, humans lived at 61°N latitude in Europe. By c. 30,000 BP, Japan was reached, and by c. 27,000 BP humans were presented in Siberia, above the Arctic Circle. At the end of the Upper Paleolithic Age a combine of humans crossed Beringia and quickly expanded throughout the Americas.