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[–] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago (25 children)

Why is the first wheel always shown as stone? Surely a log would have lent itself to the discovery of rolling much more readily

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 59 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Its called the stone age, not the log age, duh.

[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

According to Google, what we call The Stone Age also included the use of wood products. They were often used together.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lies.

Next thing you will try to convince us we were still using copper in the iron age.

[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Everything invented before the copper age is considered to be part of the stone age.

  • Stone age: ends 5000 BCE
  • Copper age: 3500 - 2300 BCE
  • Bronze age: (tin+copper alloy): begins 3300 BCE
  • Iron age: begins 1200 BCE
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