The stone age begins with early humans using stone tools, typically credited to Homo Habilis about 3 million years ago, and ends about 5000 years ago with the advent of metalworking (bronze age), followed by the iron age around 3000 years ago. read more
The best way to think of this is by imagining the stone age as a time maker ; an indicator of the level of sophistication of any society. The type of tools , height of technology and complexity of traditions . read more
Paleolithic people used primitive stone tools. Neolithic people used advanced stone tools. read more
There is no such thing as a Stone-, Bronze- or Iron-Age because these materials have been in use in nearly every human civilization. read more