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Would it be possible to fire an explosive cannonball, similar to an artillery shell, using stone age technology?

Ignoring how the stone age people acquired gunpowder (see this question), and manufactured cannons, (see this question) would it be possible for them to produce and fire effective shells made of stone and filled with gunpowder, which would explode after around ten seconds (time to light shell, load cannonball, and fire cannon), and actually result in significantly more damage than a normal cannonball?

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