Definition of stone age Stone age
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What does stone age mean?
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| stone age - (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements | ||
| prehistoric culture, prehistory the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | ||
| archaeology, archeology the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | ||
| eolithic, eolithic age the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture | ||
| palaeolithic, paleolithic, paleolithic age second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC | ||
| epipaleolithic, mesolithic, mesolithic age middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago | ||
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stone age
A period of history that encompasses the first widespread use of technology in human evolution and the spread of humanity from the savannas of East Africa to the rest of the world.
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The Stone Age was an ancient time period when people made tools from stone. Wood, bones and other materials were also used for tools, but stone (especially a kind of stone called flint) was used to cut things.
The period began with the first stone tools. Some scientists say this happened between 2 and 5 million years ago. The dates for this period were probably not the same everywhere, and are not always agreed, because these people did not write any records. Some groups of people were still in the stone age later than others. They also killed animals for food and clothing.
The time after the stone age is the Bronze Age, named after the metal bronze. Stone age ended when people discovered the art of smelting (making metals). First metal was copper, followed by bronze. People probably began using bronze instead of just stone in the Middle East sometime between 3000 and 2000 BC.
The Stone Age is divided by archaeologists (people who study relics) into three sections: Paleolithic ("old stone"), Mesolithic ("middle stone") and Neolithic ("new stone"). Pottery was invented during the Neolithic Stone Age.
