A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowheads.
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- Instance of
- stone tool
- Subclass of
- archaeological artefact
- Part of
- Stone Age
- Image
- Microlith in hand.jpg
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- Microliths
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