What happened in the Stone Age? Detailed answer

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What happened in the Stone Age?

The Stone Age is a long period of time related to the prehistoric era, which ended with the invention of writing by man. Humans have lived on Earth for at least 500 years, but the first written language only appeared about 000 years ago. In other words, the prehistoric era lasted quite a long time. Since it was then that a person learned to make all kinds of tools, this period was called the Stone Age. It is subdivided into the Old Stone Age (Paleolithic), Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic), and New Stone Age (Neolithic).

Perhaps the first tool made by man at that time was a large stone with a sharpened rim around the entire perimeter, to which scientists gave the name "hand ax". Sharp fragments chipped from the stone were also used by people as tools. These were hardly the only tools of human labor for many millennia.

Later, during the Ice Age, Neanderthals appeared in Europe - people who had more advanced tools than their predecessors. They also got their livelihood by hunting, but they did it not alone, but in groups. Neanderthals were replaced by Cro-Magnons, who advanced even further in their development. They learned how to create new tools for hunting and labor: harpoons, stone knives, spearheads, scrapers.

Approximately 6000 years ago, a sharp turn took place in the life of people, which dramatically changed their entire existence. They learned to grow grain. Thus began the period of the Neolithic - the new stone age.

Man began to engage in animal husbandry, use the skins of domestic animals as clothing, and build houses. Soon he began to create new objects and things that do not exist in nature. He learned to sculpt dishes from clay, spin linen and wool. People began to work together, and gradually the first settlements began to appear, which became the prototype of villages and cities. Thus was born what we now call civilization.

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