INTRODUCTION TO

PREHISTORIC AGE

The term "prehistory" can refer to the vast span of time since the beginning of the Universe, but more often it refers to the period since life appeared on Earth, or even more specifically to the time since human-like beings appeared. In dividing up human prehistory, historians typically use the three-agesystem•PALEAOLITHIC AGE •MESOLITHIC AGE•NEOLITHIC AGE

MESOLITHIC AGE

Second period in human history.

Based on the increase of technology of microlith.

The new technology allowed for an increase in leather work and basketry.

Tools were combined with others tools and refined for hunting.

All this new technology allowed for the domistication of plants and animal.

Mesolithic Era

The Mesolithic Era is the second era in the triangle. They had new tools but still used stone. They introduced bone tools, bow and arrows, canoes and pets.

Mesolithic EraCONT.

They are also known as the Homo Erectus. Their name means “ upright Man”. They migrated to Asia and Europe. They used advanced tools like an ax. They also learned to control fire.

CHARACTERISTICS OF MESOLITHIC AGE

The start and end dates of the Mesolithic vary by

geographical region.It prevails that the term

generally covers the period between the end of

the Palaeolithic and the start of the Neolithic. The

times of these events vary greatly; moreover, the

various Mesolithic within the span might be as short

as roughly a thousand years or as long as roughly

15,000 years depending on the circumstances. If

the Mesolithic is more similar to the Paleolithic it is

called the Epipaleolithic.

The Paleolithic was an age of purely hunting and

gathering while in the Neolithic domestication of

plants and animals had occurred. Some Mesolithic

peoples continued with intensive hunting. Others

were practising the initial stages of domestication.

Some Mesolithic settlements were villages of huts.

Others were walled cities.

Mesolithic Charactritics

•Formation of forests after melting of ice caps

•Started to depends on rivers•Started domestication of animals

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