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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 67. Chapters: Lascaux, Origin of language, Recent African origin of modern humans, Evolutionary origin of religions, Early human migrations, Prehistoric music, Middle Paleolithic, Control of fire by early humans, Paleolithic religion, La Marche, Ahrensburg culture, Sibudu Cave, Qesem Cave, Paleolithic Europe, El Kowm, Diepkloof Rock Shelter, Kamyana Mohyla, Japanese Paleolithic, Hand axe, Coa Valley Paleolithic Art, Venus of Willendorf, Mousterian, Roca dels Moros, Micoquien, Ubeidiya, Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain, Belba, Cave of Niaux, Levallois technique, Do-Ashkaft Cave, Ras El Kelb, Kebaran, Jabroudian, Acheulo-Yabrudian complex, Soanian, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Sangoan, Siega Verde, Cave of Chufin, Qaleh Bozi, Caves del Monte Castillo, Darband Cave, Grotte de Spy, Sefid-Ab, Darra-e Kur, Ganj Par, Dasht-e Nawar, Antelian, Paleolithic lifestyle, Wezmeh, Kashafrud, Emirian, Paglicci 23, Riwat, Tayacian, Mumba cave. Excerpt: The Paleolithic (or Palaeolithic) Age, Era or Period, is a prehistoric era distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools yet discovered (Modes I and II), and covers roughly 99% of human technological prehistory. It extends from the earliest known use of stone tools, probably by Hominins such as Australopithecines, 2.6 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene around 10,000 BP. The Paleolithic era is followed by the Mesolithic. The date of the Paleolithic-Mesolithic boundary may vary by locality as much as several thousand years. During the Paleolithic, humans grouped together in small societies such as bands, and subsisted by gathering plants and hunting or scavenging wild animals. The Paleolithic is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools. Other organic commodities were adapted for use as ...
