Stone Age
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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
Ġgantija temples in Gozo, Malta, c. 3600–2500 BC, some of the world's oldest free-standing structures
A variety of stone tools
Stone Age hand axe engraved with human face found from Kiuruvesi, Finland
A Mode 1, or Oldowan, stone tool from the western Sahara
Neolithic
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The Neolithic, or New Stone Age, is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Asia, Europe and Africa. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that a
Stone Age
…and most primitive being the Paleolithic era; a transitional period with finer tools known as the Mesolithic era; and the final stage known as the Neolithic era. Neolithic peoples were the first to transition away from hunter-gatherer societies into the settled lifestyle of inhabiting towns and villages as…
Reconstruction of Pre-Pottery Neolithic B housing in Aşıklı Höyük, modern Turkey
Reconstruction of a Neolithic farmstead, Irish National Heritage Park. The Neolithic saw the invention of agriculture.
An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools
The Urfa Man c. 9000 BC. Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum.