The Emergence Machine

Stone Age

abstract · History · Level 6 · E3

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Emergence definition

The stone age emerges from the intersection of stone, a solid, inorganic substance shaped by geological processes, and history, the study and narrative of past events, which together form a distinct era characterized by the use of stone tools and primitive technology.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “stone age” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “stone age”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
stone age
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0Stone AgeAgeHistoryRecordStoneEnvironmentInformationPastChangeMatterPresentEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesStone AgeL6StoneL3HistoryL4AgeL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Stone L3 (requires) polysemous
    stone age builds on the concept of stone
  • History L4 (requires)
    history is a core concept needed to understand stone age
  • Age L5 (requires)
    stone age builds on the concept of age