Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), the Mesolithic (12,000 to 10,000 years ago), and the Neolithic ...

Matera’s paleolithic past has made it a thriving ... but archaeologists have found artifacts in local caves dating to the Neolithic period and even earlier. At the same time, the modern repurpos ...

which range from the Paleolithic and Neolithic to the Early Metal Ages in seven areas of Xizang, Li Linhui, director of the institute, told the Global Times on Thursday. Archaeological finds at ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists ...