I agree with your overall post, but this part doesn't seem accurate:

&gt; So whereas individuals are free to argue the point about a chimp banging two stones together is at the same level of advancement as humans were about 5000years ago, just before the Bronze Age, I'd suggest that no, theyre not really in The Stone Age.

If you assume they have just now entered the stone age, you wouldn't compare their technology to the late neolithic age. That's like saying the [Z1](https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/z/z1.htm) wasn't a real computer because it isn't as advanced as Watson- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer). 

The stone age for humans lasted over 3 million years, and slowly progressed throughout that entire time. 

I'm not saying they have or have not entered the stone age, but saying they don't have late-neolithic tools is an unfair criteria.