View in context. And it might have been for this reason only, that, when I again uplifted my eyes to the house itself, from its image in the pool, there grew in my mind a strange fancy--a fancy so ridiculous, indeed, that I but mention it to show the vivid force of the sensations which oppressed me. View in context.
Stone Age. The Stone Age was a time in history when early humans used tools and weapons made out of stone. It lasted from when the first stone tools were made by our ancestors about 3.4 million years ago, until the introduction of metal tools a few thousand years ago.
Compare Anything âºâº vs. Neolithic vs. Paleolithic. The Paleolithic Era (or Old Stone Age) is a period of prehistory from about 2.6 million years ago to around 10000 years ago. The Neolithic Era (or New Stone Age) began around 10,000 BC and ended between 4500 and 2000 BC in various parts of the world.