Liberia

Interesting Facts About Liberia

• Liberia is home to evidence of ancient human presence, with Oldowan artifacts confirmed in West Africa attesting to early human habitation in the region
• Over 20 indigenous languages are spoken in Liberia alongside English, reflecting the country's ethnic and cultural diversity
• Archaeological evidence shows that Middle Stone Age core and flake technologies persisted in West Africa until around 12,000 years ago, with some of the youngest examples of such technology found anywhere in Africa
• Later Stone Age populations in the region that includes Liberia developed significant technological diversification, including both microlithic and macrolithic traditions
• By the Mid-Holocene period, microlithic industries with ceramics became common in West Africa, coupled with an intensification of wild food exploitation

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