Answer:
The Stone Age marks a period of prehistory in which humans used primitive stone tools. Lasting roughly 2.5 million years, the Stone Age ended around 5,000 years ago when humans in the Near East began working with metal and making tools and weapons from bronze
Question:
A time in history was called the Stone Age. Why was it called this
Explanation:
The stone age was so named because stone was the only material
available for making tools and weapons, except for a few natural
materials such as bone. When metals were discovered, it was
succeeded by the bronze age then the iron age.
