Question

11. What were the different phases of the Stone Age? Give two points of difference between the
Old and New Stone Age.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Stone Age, whose origin coincides with the discovery of the oldest known stone tools, which have been dated to some 3.3 million years ago, is usually divided into three separate periods—Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period

Old stone age

• The Stone Age began around 2.5 million years ago
• There were 4 different types of humans in the stone age
• In the early stone age, humans lived in caves

New stone age

• The stage is characterized by stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding, dependence on domesticated plants or animals
• settlement in permanent villages, and the appearance of such crafts as pottery and weaving.
• In this stage, humans were no longer dependent on hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants.