The Upper Paleolithic of southern Africa that generally postdates about 40 kya; characterized by a predominance of bladetools, microliths and tiny geometrically shaped blades often set into handles made of bone or wood.
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Stone Age (... into the Old Stone Age, the Middle Stone Age, and the New Stone Age.)
Die Kelders Cave (Archaeological site located on the southwestern coast of South Africa, dated to 70 4 kya, ...)
Middle Awash (Region found in 1968 located in the Afar triangle, Ethiopia, rich in archaeological sites, dated ...)
Middle Stone Age (In Africa, a stone tool tradition generally dated from about 100 to 40 kya; characterized by the ...)
Naivasha rockshelter (Archaeological site near Lake Naivasha north of Nairobi, Kenya, an African Late Stone Age site ...)