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Also known as Mesolithic Age, Mesolithic Era, Mesolithic Period

The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymously, especially for outside northern Europe, and for the corresponding period in the Levant and Caucasus. The Mesolithic has different time spans in different parts of Eurasia. It refers to the final period of hunter-gatherer cultures in Europe and the Middle East, between the end of the Last Glacial Maximum and the Neolithic Revolution. In Europe it spans roughly 15,000 to 5,000 BP; in

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The Mesolithic is the archaeological period between the end of the last Ice Age and the beginning of farming, when people in Europe and the Middle East still lived as hunter-gatherers. It matters because it represents a crucial transitional time in human history when societies were adapting to a warming climate and eventually developing the agricultural practices that would transform human civilization.

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Archaeological culture.name: Mesolithic
Archaeological culture.map: frameless|alt=|upright=1
Archaeological culture.mapcaption: Reconstruction of a "temporary" Mesolithic house in Ireland; waterside sites offered good food resources.
Archaeological culture.altnames: Epipaleolithic (for the Near East)
Archaeological culture.region: Europe
Archaeological culture.period: Middle of Stone Age
Archaeological culture.dates: 20,000 to 10,000 BP (Middle East)15,000–5,000 BP (Europe)
Archaeological culture.precededby: Upper Paleolithic
Archaeological culture.followedby: Neolithic