| | 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>. | | 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>. |
| | + | An example of a [[nuclear family]] structure was unearthed in 2008. A family was found buried together in a grave dated to approximately 4600 B.C with the bodies facing one another. Archaeologists believed they were probably killed in a raid and survivors buried them together.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,453626,00.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]].<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> |