Stone Age
TheStone Agewas aprehistorictime when people madetoolsfromstonesuch asflint.It began when people created the firststone toolsabout 3.3 million years ago.[1][2]About 99% of human history happened during the Stone Age. It lasted for about 3.4millionyears,[3]and ended between 4,000BCand 2,000 BC and started in 15000 BC.
Stone Age people also made tools out ofwoodandbone.However, these materials do not last as long as stone. For this reason, most of the Stone Age toolsarchaeologistshave found are made of stone.
Archaeologists divide the Stone Age into three sections:Palaeolithic( "old stone" ),Mesolithic( "middle stone" ), andNeolithic( "new stone" ).[4]During the Neolithic period,people invented farmingandpottery,andstarted to care foranimals likecowsandpigs.
Sometime between 3000 BC and 2000 BC, people discovered the art of (makingmetals). This probably happened in theMiddle East.People usedcopperfirst, then learned how to makebronze.When people started using these metals instead of stone, the Stone Age ended and theBronze Agebegan.
Some groups of people inPapua New Guineacontinued to use Stone Agetechnologyinto the20th century.They used stone-tippedweaponsto kill animals for food and clothing. They made shelters using animal skin.
Food that was eaten in the Stone Age wasberries(e.g.blackberries),fish,animals(e.g.mammoth) and animalorgans.
References[change|change source]
- ↑Morelle, Rebecca 2015. Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans. BBC News Science & Environment.[1]
- ↑Harmand, Soniaet al2015. 3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya.Nature521,310–315.[2]
- ↑"Oldest tool use and meat-eating revealed | Natural History Museum".18 August 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 18 August 2010.
- ↑Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick (2007).Handbook of Paleoanthropology.Springer Berlin Heidelberg.ISBN978-3-540-32474-4.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-04-13.Retrieved2010-05-14.