Nordic Stone Age

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The Stone Age is the period of time when early humans first began to make and use tools fabricated from stone. Other materials such as wood, bone, and antler were also used for the making of tools, but stone, especially flint stone, was primarily used for cutting.
The Stone Age began for many early humans about 2.7 million years ago when the first stone tools were used. This time period was not the beginnings of humans or near humans, but the period of time marked when the use of tools first began. This is when humans truly began to differ for the other inhabits on the planet and began to shape the the World around them and truly adapt to their environments. Most noteworthy of the Stone Age is that these tools were also used to hunt and kill animals, both for food and clothing and also making use of animal bones and antlers in the making of new tools. With this in mind, not all groups of humans evolved on the same time line, there were some groups of humans around the World that were still in the Stone Age well into the 20th century.
The Stone Age is divided into three distinct eras: The Paleolithic ("old stone"), Mesolithic ("middle stone") and Neolithic ("new stone"). The Neolithic or New Stone Age is marked by the invention of pottery. Some researchers also believe the art of writing began in the Neolithic Stone Age by some cultures.
The Paleolithic era is the prehistoric time of the Old Stone Age most distinguished by the human development and use of stone tools. Roughly covering about 99% of human history, the greatest portion of humanity's time on Earth was during the Old Stone Age. A period of time which began about 2.7 million years ago to about 20,000 years ago from Today. This age was then followed by the Me...

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...ir survival as they followed the food they hunted in order to survive.
As glacial ice receded and the climate warmed up, the fauna changed as some animals began to become more scarce, such as fewer mammoth herds for example. The warmer climate brought new sources of meat that had become more readily available over time. Reindeer became a main source of hide, bone, antler, and of course meat.
During this time of the Nordic Stone Age was when the Norse people lived as nomadic reindeer hunters. From 13500 BC to 11000 BC, a time period during the Nordic Stone Age called the Hamburg Culture, which is classified by shouldered spear and arrow points dating to the period and zinken tools they used as chisels when working with horns. Also specific to the culture were tanged Havelte-type points found which are described as being unique to the Hamburg Culture exclusively.

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