The Hunter gatherer era

The Stone Age was a time early in the development of human cultures before the use of metals when tools and weapons were made of stone, and human food was mainly produced from hunting and gathering. The dates of the Stone Age vary considerably for different parts of the world and even until very recently there were some cultures that lived in much the same way as the hunter-gatherers of thousands of years ago. In …

…uses for hundreds of other gathered items. The Stone Age comprises the largest part of human history. Humans survived by hunting and gathering. During this age, humans learned to make many tools from stone, wood and bone. These tools enabled humans to hunt better, use the resources around them more effectively and increase their overall chances for survival. The Stone Age ended in approx. 4,000 BC, with the coming of agriculture and the domestication of man.