Mesolithic, the
Mesolithic, the the Middle Stone Age, which in Europe falls between the end of the last glacial period (c.8500 bc) and the beginnings of agriculture. Mesolithic people lived by hunting, gathering, and fishing, and the period is characterized by the use of microliths and the first domestication of an animal (the dog).
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Mesolithic Period , Mesolithic period (mĕz´əlĬth´Ĭk) or Middle Stone Age, period in human development between the end of the Paleolithic period and the beginning of the… Eolithic , E·o·lith·ic / ˌēəˈli[unvoicedth]ik/ • adj. dated Archaeol. of, relating to, or denoting a period at the beginning of the Stone Age, preceding the Pal… Domestication , The domestication of plants and animals marked the beginnings of effective food production by man, a stage in human sociocultural development that ha… Dog , dog, carnivorous, domesticated wolf (Canis lupus familiaris) of the family Canidae, to which the jackal and fox also belong. The family Canidae is so… Paleolithic , Pa·le·o·lith·ic / ˌpālēəˈli[unvoicedth]ik/ • adj. Archaeol. of, relating to, or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million… Hunting And Gathering , HUNTING AND GATHERING. Hunting and gathering, or more generally stated as foraging, can be defined as a mode of subsistence in which all food is obta…
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