Stone axes enabled settlers to cultivate land in Britain 6,000 years ago.

Evidence

It was stone axes that enabled them to clear the spaces they needed to sow their seeds and graze their beasts. … These were the people who would also construct monuments like the first Stonehenge. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 247

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 247