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The "'''Stone age'''" is secular term for the [[prehistory|prehistoric]] time before the [[Bronze Age]] when humans were able to craft tools of stone for production.<ref>The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005</ref> It is divided into two parts; [[Paleolithic age|Paleolithic]] and [[Neolithic age|Neolithic]].  During the Paleolithic age, man harvested wild plants and animals for food.  [[Agriculture]] began in the Neolithic age.  The dates of the Stone age are debated but are generally accepted to be from 8,000 BC to 4,000 BC.<ref>http://www.bergen.org/technology/stone.html</ref>.
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The "'''Stone age'''" is the term for the believed [[prehistory|prehistoric]] time before the [[Bronze Age]] when humans were able to craft tools of stone for production.<ref>The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005</ref> It is divided into two parts; [[Paleolithic age|Paleolithic]] and [[Neolithic age|Neolithic]].  During the Paleolithic age, man harvested wild plants and animals for food.  [[Agriculture]] began in the Neolithic age.  The dates of the Stone age are debated but are generally accepted to be from 8,000 BC to 4,000 BC.<ref>http://www.bergen.org/technology/stone.html</ref>.
    
[[Young Earth creationism|Young-Earth creationists]] believe that there was never a "stone age", but rather there have been ''stone cultures'', especially following the dispersal of humanity from the [[Tower of Babel]].
 
[[Young Earth creationism|Young-Earth creationists]] believe that there was never a "stone age", but rather there have been ''stone cultures'', especially following the dispersal of humanity from the [[Tower of Babel]].
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