History of Man: Resolving the Timelines part 3

In the history of man according to secular scientists, man has developed from primitive man to more advanced man.  When he discovered that he could use stone and make tools to make his work easier, that was the beginning of the stone age.  He used stone for a long time, always refining his skills through experimentation.  Then sometime, somehow, he learned that it was possible to make better tools out of metal.  For a time he continued using stone but experimented with copper, later learning how to blend that copper with tin to make bronze.  Still later he learned about iron and the superiority of that metal for his tools.  We still use iron and its alloys today.

To me this all seems a bit fantastic...kind of like evolution is fantastic.  A fairy tale. 

How did man "discover" all of this?  Metal fabrication is a complex process requiring the high temperatures of smelting furnaces, not the simple campfire.  And the different metals required in making alloys are rarely found together or even near to each other.  Those deposits are scattered in different locations.

Regardless of the fantasy of "discovery"... here is the scheme for the Ages of Man:

THE AGES OF MAN

Archaeologists divide the history of human occupation into three main ages…the stone age, the bronze age, and the iron age.  These are based on the types of tools used by the various peoples involved.  Please realize that these divisions are only a convenience that serves as a diagnosis of date.  Even then, the dates vary in different parts of the world.  Other factors figure in to the growth of human civilizations…including:

• Social organization
• Food sources
• Adaptation to climate
• Agriculture
• Cooking
• Settlement
• Religion

Any arrangement of human society in an archaeological chronology reflects the difficulty of manufacture of the tools and weapons used by that society.

Stone Age

• This is the period of time when stone was widely used to make implements with a sharp edge, a point, or a striking surface.
• The earliest stone tools were found in rock layers that are dated to just before the ice age begins. 
• During the stone age, man supposedly developed agriculture and began to settle in villages and later in cities.
• Also during the stone age, man supposedly developed the production of pottery.
• The stone age ends in any location when a culture develops the use of metals for tools
• Some societies are still stone age today
• Unfortunately, this designation allows for the implication that stone age people were some earlier stage of human development.

Bronze Age

• This is the period in man’s supposed technological advancement when he has learned to work with copper and to alloy copper with tin to make bronze to make weapons and tools.
• The date that different civilizations developed this technology varies with location, and some areas of the world appear to have skipped the use of bronze altogether and went straight from stone to iron.
• It appears that the Bronze age ended in a major collapse of civilizations world-wide.

Iron Age

• This is the period of time when iron was used to make tools and weapons.
• We are in this age today.

The idea for these ages are ultimately derived from the Ages of Man , the stages of human existence on the earth according to Greek mythology.  See this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_Man

What is interesting about the different ages is that there seems to be a remnant of the biblical story of man in this tale.