Question: what era relates to the old stone age from around 3 million years ago to 9000 bc
Answer: The Stone Age ↑ before Homo ( Pliocene ) Paleolithic Lower Paleolithic Late Stone Age Homo Control of fire Stone tools Middle Paleolithic Middle Stone Age Homo neanderthalensis Homo sapiens Recent African origin of modern humans Upper Paleolithic Late Stone Age Behavioral modernity , Atlatl , Origin of the domestic dog Epipaleolithic Mesolithic Microliths , Bow , Canoe Natufian Khiamian Tahunian Heavy Neolithic Shepherd Neolithic Trihedral Neolithic Pre-Pottery Neolithic Neolithic Neolithic Revolution , Domestication Pottery Neolithic Pottery ↓ Chalcolithic