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Drawings of stone tools belonging to the Middle Palaeolithic (sometimes called 'Mousterian') industries, found from Europe and the Near East to Africa between approximately 250,000 and 30,000 years ago. It is associated with archaic homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and anatomically modern humans. Depicted here are points and scrapers.
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Images), A. d. M. a. G. d. M. (. W. (2016, December 19). Drawings of Middle Palaeolithic Tools: Points & Scrapers. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6185/drawings-of-middle-palaeolithic-tools-points--scra/
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Images), Adrien de Mortillet and Gabriel de Mortillet (via Wellcome. "Drawings of Middle Palaeolithic Tools: Points & Scrapers." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 19, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6185/drawings-of-middle-palaeolithic-tools-points--scra/.
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Images), Adrien de Mortillet and Gabriel de Mortillet (via Wellcome. "Drawings of Middle Palaeolithic Tools: Points & Scrapers." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Dec 2016. Web. 21 Feb 2025.
