The Old Stone Age : The Life Of The Old Stone Age
When people imagine the Stone Age in modern times, they often imagine highly underdeveloped
and simplistic people. Despite these perceptions, the people of the Stone Age were complex human
beings who formed the basis of how people live today. To illustrate the intricacies of Stone Age life,
their usage and development of tools, the domestication of plants and animals, art and music,
religion, and early medicinal exploration will be examined.
During the Paleolithic era, or "Old Stone Age", which lasted from approximately one million years
ago to 8,000 B.C.E., people had already mastered fire, and had wood and stone tools that could be
used for tasks such as hunting 'Big Game' for food. As time went on and appliances developed, tools
for specialized tasks such as hand axes and needles emerged by the end of the Paleolithic era, and
continued to develop well into the Neolithic era, or "New Stone Age", which lasted from c. 8,000
B.C.E. to the beginning of the Bronze Age, approximately 4,000 B.C.E. (note the dates are an
estimate, not precise). Examples of specialized Neolithic tools include the chisel, used to carve hard
materials, primarily stone, and the spatula, which is used to help spread, flip, or pick up items. To
the average person today, these tools should sound very familiar, because they are all still used in the
modern era. Other tools likely used by Neolithic people are early developments of tools used for
farming purposes, as this era is when agriculture began to
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