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Bookmark or Share- Stone Age - Definition, Tools & Periods | HISTORYThe Stone Age began about 2.6 million years ago, when researchers found the earliest evidence of humans using stone tools, and lasted until about 3,300 B.C. when the Bronze Age began. It is...
- Paleolithic - WikipediaThe Paleolithic or Palaeolithic ( / ˌpeɪlioʊˈlɪθɪk, ˌpæli -/ PAY-lee-oh-LITH-ik, PAL-ee- ), also called the Old Stone Age (from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old', and λίθος (líthos) '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 huma...
- Stone Age | Definition, Tools, Periods, Peoples, Art, & FactsStone Age, prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools, the oldest known of which date to some 3.3 million years ago. The Stone Age is usually divided into three separate periods: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.
- Stone Age Tools - World History EncyclopediaThe Stone Age is conceived to consist of: the Palaeolithic (or Old Stone Age) the Mesolithic (or Middle Stone Age) the Neolithic (or New Stone Age) The Palaeolithic spans the time from the first known stone tools, dated to c. 2,6 million years ago, to the end of the last Ice Age around 12,000 years ago.
- Stone Age - WikipediaThe 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 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC, with the advent of metalworking.
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