Discover the Mesolithic—the short but crucial period after the last Ice Age that shaped human culture and technology. With megafauna gone and Homo sapiens thriving, different regions entered ...

Experts Recreate the Face of a 10,000-Year-Old Mesolithic 'Margaux Woman' Using Ancient DNA. Experts have astounded everyone by bringing back a face from the ancient past.

Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), the Mesolithic (12,000 to 10,000 years ago), and the Neolithic ...