Middle Stone Age

American  

noun

Anthropology.

1. the Mesolithic period.

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Middle Stone Age Scientific  

1. See Mesolithic

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Example Sentences

Before this, the largest cluster of ancient settlements was in Mullaghfarna in County Sligo which is thought to have contained more than 150 houses during the middle Stone Age period of 3300-2900 BC and in the later Bronze Age between 1200-900 BC.

From BBC

But a major new study suggests their physical transformation from wolf to sofa-hogging furball began in the Middle Stone Age, much earlier than we previously thought.

From BBC

However, the behavioral flexibility that helped them adapt to challenging climatic conditions such as the Toba supereruption was probably a key trait of Middle Stone Age humans that allowed our species to ultimately disperse from Africa and expand across the globe.

From Science Daily

Several big and small stone tools dating back to the Mesolithic period - also called the middle stone age - have been found.

From BBC

But during the Middle Stone Age—between 315,000 and 30,000 years ago—humans began to wield fire in new ways.

From Scientific American