Early in the Stone Age, humans lived in small, nomadic groups. During much of this period, the Earth was in an Ice Age—a period of colder global temperatures and glacial exp… See more

Much of what we know about life in the Stone Age and Stone Age people comes from the tools they left behind. Hammerstones are some of the earliest and simple… See more

People during the Stone Age first started using clay pots to cook food and store things. The oldest pottery known was found at an archaeological site in Japan. Fragments … See more

While humans had the technology to create spears and other tools to use as weapons, there’s little evidence for Stone Age wars. Most researchers think the population density in … See more

The oldest known Stone Age art dates back to a later Stone Age period known as the Upper Paleolithic, about 40,000 years ago. Art began to appear around this time in parts of Eur… See more