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

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The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it on a fire. After a good day’s hunting people could feast on meat.