Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
110 bytes added ,  22:14, November 1, 2007
Replace dead link with a new one, and change dates to concur with this source. Add reference to Mesolithic
Line 1: Line 1: −
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 three parts; [[Paleolithic Age|Paleolithic]], [[Mesolithic Age|Mesolithic]], 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 2,000,000 BC to 8,000 BC.<ref>Guisepi, Robert A., [http://history-world.org/stone_age.htm The Stone Age], 2000 (International World History Project)</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]].<ref>Ham, Ken, Batten, Don, and Wieland, Carl, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3278/ ‘Stone age’ people] chapter 8 of One Blood.</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]].<ref>Ham, Ken, Batten, Don, and Wieland, Carl, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3278/ ‘Stone age’ people] chapter 8 of One Blood.</ref>
    
== References ==
 
== References ==
−
 
+
{{reflist}}
−
<References/>
      
[[category:anthropology]]
 
[[category:anthropology]]
 
[[Category:Archaeology]]
 
[[Category:Archaeology]]
nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW
13,254

edits

Navigation menu