The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development
The Stone Age is a very early period of human history, when people used tools and weapons made of stone, not metal. a very early time in human history, when only stone was used for making tools, weapons etc. First known period of prehistoric human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools. The term is little used by specialists today. See Paleolithic Period; Mesolithic Period; Neolithic Period; stone-tool industry. See also Bronze Age; Iron Age
This period of prehistory is divided into the Old Stone Age (the Palaeolithic), the Middle Stone Age (the Mesolithic), and the New Stone Age (the Neolithic) See Prehistoric Calderdale
The earliest technological period in human culture when tools were made of stone, wood, bone, or antlers Metal was unknown The dates of the Stone Age vary considerably from one region to another, and some communities were still living a Stone Age life until very recent times It is subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic The Stone Age was followed by the Bronze Age and then the Iron Age
Refers to a time in human history during which mainly stones were used for tools and weapons
(archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements
The first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of stone tools
Noun Period of time stretching from 300,000BC to 2,000BC The stone age began with the first people arriving in Britain, to the dawn of the Bronze age Split into three sections (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic)
[ 'stOn ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English stAn; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavonic stena wall, and perhaps to Sanskrit styAyate it hardens; more at STEATO-.