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What is the paleolithic era

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What is the paleolithic era

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The Paleolithic era, meaning “Old Stone Age” is a very long period of human prehistory, extending from the first tool-using homonids at least 2.6 million years ago, all the way up until the receding of continental glaciers and the development of agriculture c. 10,000 BC. Development of technology during the Paleolithic was slow, especially prior to the evolution of modern humans in eastern Africa around 250,000 years ago. The Paleolithic era saw many early species of the genus Homo, the immediate ancestors of humans, an evolutionary line that split from chimpanzees about 6 million ago. These include Homo habilis (“handy man,” 2.4 – 1.44 mya), Homo erectus (“upright man,” 1.9 – 0.3 mya), Homo antecessor(“pioneer man,” 800,000 – 500,000 mya), Homo heidelbergensis (“Heidelberg Man,” 600,000 – 250,000 yeas ago), Homo neanderthalensis (“Neanderthal Man,” 250,000 to 30,000 years ago), Homo rhodesiensis (“Rhodesian Man,” 300,000 – 125,000 years ago), Homo floresiensis (“Floresian Man,” 100,00

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