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Mesolithic period
(Encyclopedia)Mesolithic period mĕzˌəlĭthˈĭk [key] or Middle Stone Age, period in human development between the end of the Paleolithic period and the beginning of the Neolithic period. It began with the end o...Neolithic period
(Encyclopedia)Neolithic period or New Stone Age. The term neolithic is used, especially in archaeology and anthropology, to designate a stage of cultural evolution or technological development characterized by the ...Paleolithic period
(Encyclopedia)Paleolithic period pāˌlēəlĭthˈĭk, –lēō–, pălˌ– [key] or Old Stone Age, the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. It is approximately coexten...Natufian
(Encyclopedia)Natufian: see Neolithic period; Mesolithic period. ...Maglemosian
(Encyclopedia)Maglemosian: see Mesolithic period. ...Azilian
(Encyclopedia)Azilian: see Mesolithic period.Tardenoisian
(Encyclopedia)Tardenoisian: see Mesolithic period. ...Stone Age
(Encyclopedia)Stone Age: see Paleolithic period; Mesolithic period; Neolithic period. ...Mississippian period
(Encyclopedia)Mississippian period: see Carboniferous period. ...Jurassic period
(Encyclopedia)Jurassic period jərăsˈĭk [key] [from the Jura Mts.], second period of the Mesozoic era of geologic time, lasting from 213 to 144 million years ago. At the start of the Jurassic most of the contine...Browse by Subject
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