stone tool

Summary

stone tool ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,948 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• stone tool is made of stone^[2].
• stone tool is a type of physical tool^[3].
• stone tool's Commons category is recorded as Stone tools^[4].
• stone tool's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lithics^[5].
• stone tool's earliest date is recorded as -2800000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[6].
• stone tool's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[7].
• stone tool's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[8].
• stone tool's different from is recorded as industry^[9].

Body

Definition and Type

stone tool is a type of physical tool^[3].

Influence

Things named for stone tool include Stone Age^[10], an archaeological age^[11].

Why It Matters

stone tool ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,948 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[12] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[13]

Entities named for it include Stone Age^[10], an archaeological age^[11].