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  1. Historical significance

    The Stone Age is contemporaneous with the evolution of the genus Homo, with the possible exception of the … See more

    Stone Age - Wikipedia

    • The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years and ended between 4000 BC and 2000 BC, with the advent of metalworking. It therefore represents nearly 99.3% of human history. Though some simple metalwor… See more

    Stone Age in archaeology

    The oldest indirect evidence found of stone tool use is fossilised animal bones with tool marks; these are 3.4 million years old and were found in the Lower Awash Valley in Ethiopia. Archaeological discoveries in Kenya in 2… See more

    Chronology

    In 1859 Jens Jacob Worsaae first proposed a division of the Stone Age into older and younger parts based on his work with Danish kitchen middens that began in 1851. In the subsequent decades this simple distinction … See more

    Material culture

    Stone tools were made from a variety of stones. For example, flint and chert were shaped (or chipped) for use as cutting tools and weapons, while basalt and sandstone were used for ground stone tools, such as quern-stones. … See more

    Modern popular culture

    The image of the caveman is commonly associated with the Stone Age. For example, a 2003 documentary series showing the evolution of humans through the Stone Age was called Walking with Cavemen, … See more

    Notes

    1. ^ "Oldest tool use and meat-eating revealed | Natural History Museum". 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010.
    2. ^ "Stone Age". HISTORY. Retrieved 31 May 2020. … See more

     
  1. The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, [1] and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC, with the advent of metalworking. [2]

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    The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (/ ˌpeɪ -, ˌpælioʊˈlɪθɪk / PAY-, PAL-ee-oh-LITH-ik), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός palaios, "old" and λίθος lithos, "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic
    The Stone Age was a broad period of history where humans used stone tools; it’s also the earliest period of human culture. It lasted around 2.5 million years and ended 5,000 years ago when humans began working with metal and made weapons and tools with bronze instead of stone (this period was then called the Bronze Age).
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    The Stone Age was a long period of human prehistory, lasting from about 2.5 million years ago to 5,000 years ago, when people used stone tools for various purposes.
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  8. Neolithic - Wikipedia

    The Neolithic or New Stone Age (c. 10,000 BC to c. 2,000 BC) was a time of agricultural revolution and sedentary lifestyle. It originated in the Fertile Crescent and spread to other regions of the world, with different crops and animals …

  9. Paleolithic - World History Encyclopedia

    Sep 29, 2017 · The Palaeolithic ('Old Stone Age') makes up the earliest chunk of the Stone Age – the large swathe of time during which hominins used stone to make tools – and ranges from the first known tool use roughly 2,6 million …

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  11. Stone Age ‑ Definition, Tools & Periods - HISTORY

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