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... Mesolithic ( middle stone age ) , and Neolithic ( new stone age ) . The Paleolithic was a phase of culture that once existed throughout the world . But archaeologists disagree concerning the extent to which the Mesolithic and Neolithic ...
... Mesolithic ( middle stone age ) , and Neolithic ( new stone age ) . The Paleolithic was a phase of culture that once existed throughout the world . But archaeologists disagree concerning the extent to which the Mesolithic and Neolithic ...
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... Mesolithic . It was a time of intense local ecological change . Forests of birch and pine spread over the land , and the hunters made their camps in clearings along river banks and at lakesides , estuaries , and the seashore . The ...
... Mesolithic . It was a time of intense local ecological change . Forests of birch and pine spread over the land , and the hunters made their camps in clearings along river banks and at lakesides , estuaries , and the seashore . The ...
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... Mesolithic painted pebbles . ( American Museum of Natu- ral History ) 188 Because of the disappearance of the cave art , some prehistorians view the Mesolithic as a time of cultural decline or even degeneration . However , this view ...
... Mesolithic painted pebbles . ( American Museum of Natu- ral History ) 188 Because of the disappearance of the cave art , some prehistorians view the Mesolithic as a time of cultural decline or even degeneration . However , this view ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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