Seema was watching a documentary about caves that had paintings on their walls. Scientists estimated these cave paintings to have been made around 10,000 years ago.

Seema wondered which period of history these paintings must have been made in?

Neolithic Period

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Mesolithic Period

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Paleolithic Period

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Mesozoic Period

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Solution

The correct option is B Mesolithic Period
The Mesolithic Period consists of two words "meso" and "lithos", which mean "middle" and "stone", respectively. The Mesolithic Period was also called the Middle Stone Age. This period was when early humans made cave paintings and used tools like microliths.

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