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Hunting, fishing, and food gathering are the main things that represents Mesolithic era. During the Mesolithic era, lots of animals became extinct, and mammoths are a popular example. People living in the Mesolithic era lived near rivers and lakes. Men hunted and women gathered. -
The Mesolithic era is also called the Microlithic era. It’s because of the name of a weapon used during the Mesolithic era. -
Mesolithic Era, or the Middle stone age, was a stage that was between the Paleolithic era (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic (New Stone Age). It can also be called the Microlithic era after a tool they made.
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People living in the Mesolithic era lived near rivers and lakes.
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People who lived during the Mesolithic era usually ate meat from wild animals and birds, leaves, roots and fruit from plants, and fish/ shellfish.
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They had more advanced hunting and gathering techniques.
They made more advanced tools that were smaller and easier to carry. -
Rock paintings are one of the most common types of art during the Mesolithic era.
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In the Mesolithic era, they stopped hunting big animals in big groups with big tools. They used the microlith as an arrow head and shot animals with bows and arrows.
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Animals including auroch (wild cattle), megaceros (giant deer), and elk lived during the Mesolithic era.
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A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert. They used them as arrowheads. -
Tools got smaller and easier to carry. They were less big and bulky like the tools in the Paleolithic era. They made potery and used a bow and arrow.
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The Mesolithic era ended because of climate change. In the end of the era, people started domesticating plants and animals. The Mesolithic era turned into (evolved into) the Neolithic era.
