Middle Paleolithic (Eurasia)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Middle_Paleolithic_(Eurasia)
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:associatedWith burial practices
use of fire
Neanderthal extinction
emergence of symbolic behavior
hunting of large mammals
gptkbp:characterizedBy gptkb:Levallois_technique
gptkb:Mousterian_tool_culture
gptkbp:culturalComplexes gptkb:Mousterian
gptkb:Châtelperronian
Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician
Szeletian
Uluzzian
gptkbp:endDate about 30,000 years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Upper_Paleolithic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Middle Paleolithic (Eurasia)
gptkbp:mainHominins gptkb:Denisovans
gptkb:Neanderthals
early modern humans
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Denisova_Cave
gptkb:Tabun_Cave
gptkb:Kebara_Cave
gptkb:Shanidar_Cave
gptkb:Vindija_Cave
gptkb:Le_Moustier
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Paleolithic
gptkbp:precededBy Lower Paleolithic
gptkbp:region gptkb:Eurasia
gptkbp:startDate about 300,000 years ago
gptkbp:technologicalInnovations bone tools
use of pigments
hafted tools
prepared-core techniques
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Middle_Stone_Age
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7