The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with a sharp edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 6000 BC (or BCE) and 2000 BC (BCE) with the advent of metalworking.
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近义词
n.
time period, period of time, period
英英词典
stone age n.
(archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements