What name is given to the age of human agricultural and technology revolution, from Greek 'new' and 'stone'?
Stone-Age Poland The Stone Age era lasted 800,000 years, and involved three different human species: "Homo erectus", "Homo neanderthalensis" and "Homo sapiens". The Stone Age cultures ranged from early human groups with primitive tools to advanced agricultural societies, which used sophisticated stone tools, built fortified settlements and developed copper metallurgy. As elsewhere in eastern and central Europe, the Stone Age human cultures went through the stages known as the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic, each bringing new refinements of the stone tool making techniques. The Paleolithic period human activities (the earliest sites are about 500,000 years old) were intermittent because of the recurring
The Human Revolution (human origins) of the African Middle Stone Age record are not conclusive; the original "human revolution" theory remains correct . Middle Stone Age humans evolving in Africa may appear anatomically modern, but did not become cognitively modern until the Later Stone Age/Upper Palaeolithic. Symbolic culture emerged some 50,000 years ago, caused by a genetic mutation that re-wired the brain. The Human Revolution (human origins) "The Human Revolution" is a term used by archaeologists, anthropologists and other specialists in human origins; it refers to the spectacular and relatively sudden – apparently revolutionary – emergence of language, consciousness and culture in our species. The