<P> Traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age or The New Stone Age , the Neolithic followed the terminal Holocene Epipaleolithic period and commenced with the beginning of farming , which produced the `` Neolithic Revolution '' . It ended when metal tools became widespread ( in the Copper Age or Bronze Age ; or , in some geographical regions , in the Iron Age ) . The Neolithic is a progression of behavioral and cultural characteristics and changes , including the use of wild and domestic crops and of domesticated animals . </P>
<P> Traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age or The New Stone Age , the Neolithic followed the terminal Holocene Epipaleolithic period and commenced with the beginning of farming , which produced the `` Neolithic Revolution '' . It ended when metal tools became widespread ( in the Copper Age or Bronze Age ; or , in some geographical regions , in the Iron Age ) . The Neolithic is a progression of behavioral and cultural characteristics and changes , including the use of wild and domestic crops and of domesticated animals . </P>
the key invention of the neolithic era was the development of
the key invention of the neolithic era was the development of
farming
farming