Otzi the Ice Man

The Neolithic Period is a period of time about 8,000 BC its also commonly known as the Stone Age. The Stone Age is split into 3 parts the  Palaeolithic Period,  Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period. The Neolithic period took place in Africa, America, Iraq and Papua New Guinea. The characteristics of the Neolithic Period was the ending of the use of stone tools, hence the next period called Bronze age.