Upper Paleolithic

subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age

prehistoric statuettes depicting women

In archaeology, the Epipalaeolithic or Epipaleolithic (sometimes Epi-paleolithic etc.) is a period occurring between the Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic during the Stone Age. Mesolithic also falls between these two periods, and the two are sometimes confused or used as synonyms. More often, they are distinct, referring to approximately the same period of time in different geographic areas. Epipaleolithic always includes this period in the Levant and, often, the rest of the Near East. It sometimes includes parts of Southeast Europe, where Mesolithic is much more commonly used. Mesolithic very r

are archaeological artifacts discovered in Congo and

transition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior

process which created the domestic dog

Upper Paleolithic period skeleton of a Paleo-Indian woman

oldest form of prehistoric art

proposed language family

type of prehistoric sceptre made of a bone perforated with a hole in its widest part

cave in France

reconstructed ancestor of the Afroasiatic language family

causes and mechanism of the extinction of the Neanderthal people

archaeological period

religions thought to have appeared during the Paleolithic time period

Hypthesis for ancient human migrations to the Americas

Biological evolution of H. sapiens within the last 50,000 years or so

archaeological modern specimen

flutes that date to the European Upper Paleolithic

special technique to make microblades

Epipalaeolithic period in the Near East