What did early people use stone for?

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the stone age

when was it discovered

Answer 1

tools, weapons

Answer 2

Discovered? stones? I am sure they tried to work, eat, cook etc. with whatever they could find. They made knives out of stones and darts and utensils. Go to a museum and look at the Stone Age exhibition and you will see what they did. Try looking for pictures on the net.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Age
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Age
http://www.creswell-crags.org.uk/virtuallytheiceage/Stone%20Age%20People/index.html
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html

Answer 3

doris1900,

Go to "ask.com" which used to be "ask.jeeves", where I just entered "stone age" and got 11,000,000 responses like:

Source Encyclopedia: Stone Age Source:Wikipedia
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking. Stone tools were made from a variety of different kinds of stone. For example, flint and chert were shaped (or chipped) for use as cutting tools and weapons, while basalt ... More »
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Stone Age, the time, early in the development of human cultures, before the use of metals, when tools and weapons were made of stone.
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Stone Age Habitats
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Economic historians divide the history of living standards into two eras, which could be named for the Flintstones and the Jetsons.
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Flints and Stones
You've heard about the Stone Age. Now step into it. Visit this site to learn how the hunters gatherers really lived.
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Stone Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Answer 4

tools - weapons