The earliest evidence of the presence of human ancestors in the southern Balkans, dated to 270,000 BC, is to be found in the Petralona cave, in the Greek province of Macedonia. All three stages of the stone age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic) are represented in Greece, for example in the Franchthi Cave. Neolithic settlements in Greece, dating from the 7th millennium BC, are the oldest in Europe by several centuries, as Greece lies on the route via which farming spread from the Near East to Europe. COUNT 5
QSN1 Humans in the Balkans have been dated to what year? ANS1 270,000 BC QSN2 Evidence of the earliest humans were found in what subterranean formation? ANS2 Petralona cave QSN3 The Franchthi cave has evidence of what 3 ancient eras? ANS3 Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic QSN4 Greece has evidence of Stone Age people during what time period? ANS4 7th millennium BC QSN5 What activity led to Greece having some of the earliest Stone Age settlements? ANS5 farming