| − | 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>. | + | 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]].<ref>Ham, Ken, Batten, Don, and Wieland, Carl, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3278/ ‘Stone age’ people] chapter 8 of One Blood.</ref> |