section_path: Chronology/African chronology/Later Stone Age (LSA)
section_name: Later Stone Age (LSA)
paragraph_text: Later Stone Age (LSA)
  
  The Later Stone Age (LSA, sometimes also called the Late Stone Age) refers to a period in African prehistory. Its beginnings are roughly contemporaneous with the European Upper Paleolithic. It lasts until historical times and this includes cultures corresponding to Mesolithic and Neolithic in other regions.