The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented . Archaeologists often break up ...

While Paleolithic (early stone age) artifacts point to the use of wood for simple tools such as spears or throwing sticks, later Mesolithic and Neolithic artifacts reflect far more sophisticated ...

Jennifer Ouellette – Mar 9, 2024 11:50 AM | 69 Testing replica Stone Age tools with a bit of wood-scraping. Credit: A. Iwase et al., 2024/Tokyo Metropolitan University ...

Wooden implements are extremely rare from the Early Paleolithic period (the first part of the "stone age" from around 3.3 million years ago until 300,000 years ago or so, in which our hominin ...

During the Middle Paleolithic—a period spanning about 40,000 to 300,000 years ago, also called the Middle Stone Age—groups such as modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans emerged and began ...

Following the excavation, over 500 stone relics have been unearthed so far. The discoveries have made the site the area's most prominent and also earliest example of the Paleolithic Age.

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking.