The end of the stone age refers to what time period?

5,000 years ago.

Explanation:

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 , when humans in the Near East began working with metal and making tools and weapons from bronze.

5,000 years ago which was the beginning of “The Bronze Age”

Explanation: The Stone Age began about 2.6 million years ago, when researchers found the earliest evidence of humans using stone tools, and lasted until about 3,300 B.C or 5,000 years ago when the Bronze Age began. It is typically broken into three distinct periods: the Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period and Neolithic Period.

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