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The old stone age is also known as the Paleolithic Period. This period was the first occurrence of man using stone tools and began about 600,000 or 700,000 BCE. During this time period men were hunter, gatherers and nomadic. The middle Stone Age is also known as the Mesolithic Period. This period began at the end of the last glacial period of about 10,000 years ago. This period began the shift from a nomadic lifestyle to a agrarian lifestyle. The major difference between the two periods was that the middle stone age began the domestication of plants and animals.
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What is the middle stone age also known as?
The Middle Stone Age is also called the Middle Paleolithic or Mesolithic Ages. There are two different systems of naming. One has Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages, with the Middle Stone Age being equivalent of the Middle Paleolithic Age. The other divides the Stone Age into the Old Stone Age, or Paleolithic, the Middle Stone Age or Mesolithic, and the New Stone age or Neolithic.
What is another name for Mesolithic?
it is called middle stone age
What are the difference between iron age and stone age?
the stone age used different resources . the stone age used stone and the iron age used iron
Did the land bridges allow middle stone age people or stone age people to move around the world?
Yes, land bridges such as the Bering Land Bridge allowed prehistoric humans from the Stone Age and Middle Stone Age to migrate to different parts of the world. These land connections facilitated the movement of populations between continents during periods of lower sea levels.
What characterized the middle Stone Age Stone Age and new stone age?
He ate it
How does Mesolithic differ from Neolithic?
They are two different time periods. "Meso" means middle, so Mesolithic was the middle stone age, and "Neo" means new, so Neolithic was the newer or more recent (younger) stone age. They are characterized by different methods of working stone into tools.
Which is the first period of the stone age?
There were many periods of what is referred to as the Stone Age. These periods were the Lower Paleolithic, Early Stone Age, Middle Paleolithic, Middle Stone Age, Upper Paleolithic, and the Late Stone Age.
How many periods in the stone age we're broken into?
The Stone Age is typically divided into three periods: Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (New Stone Age). Each period is characterized by different advancements in tools, technology, and social organization.
What is the answer for what characterized the old stone age the middle stone age and the new stone age?
The old stone age was characterized by not having tools. The middle stone was characterized by having invented tools. The new stone age was characterized by farming and having better tools.
What do hunter gather do on new stone age and middle stone age and old stone age?
hunt food
What are the different phases of history?
Prehistory, ancient times, middle ages, modern times Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Industrial Age, Space Age, Information Age.
How many time periods can the Stone Age be divided into?
The Stone Age can be divided into three main time periods: the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and the Neolithic (New Stone Age). Each period is characterized by different technological developments and changes in human behavior.
