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Life in the Stone Age

It is a common misconcepiton that people in the Stone Age lived 0-on the edge of starvation, in small groups,wandering around from 1-place to place. On the 2-instant recent studies of archaeological sites have 3-shown it clear that life was probably a 4-great deal easier than it was for later farming communities.After the Ice Age, the weather was warmer than it is today and there was certaintly 5-no lack of fresh supplies of meat,fish,plants and berries.

During the Stone Age or Mesolithic Period,6-which it is known to archaeologists,men and women led an active social and spiritual life.Large encampments,where 7-almost to 200 people may have lived,have recently 8-......... to light in several parts of Europe, in 9-answer to the reamins of communal tombs and temples.making stone tools 10-people probably have been regarded as a communal activity,in 11- .......... even children used to participate.Nor were women thought 12- about as inferior in these societies.In 13- every likelihood, they took 14- out active in the decision-making of the tribe.Only later,with the arrival of farming, 15-had they lose their status.