9-1/2" Neolithic Flintstone AxeThe Neolithic (Neo=new; Lithic=stone) era is also called the New Stone age, which began around 10,000 BC and ended between 4,500 and 2,000 BC. The Neolithic era varies in time span depending on geographic location. The Paleolithic era, which originates in the beginning of human life, continued until the Neolithic revolution. Whereas Paleolithic humans lived a nomadic lifestyle in small groups consisting of twenty to thirty people; Neolithic humans