How were the animals from the Stone Age hunted?

What animals lived in prehistoric Britain? A hunter and a wooly mammoth. During the Ice Ages, prehistoric people hunted hairy mammoths in Britain. Climate change during the Stone Age caused animal life in Britain to go through several changes. During the Ice Ages, Britain was covered by ice and snow. read more

The Lower Stone age is also referred to as the Early Stone Age. This is the ‘pre-modern human’ stage. read more

By the stone age human technology had progressed to the point were any land animal could be potential prey. Some of these animals are now extinct, such as mammoths, mastodons, aurochs, cave bears ect. These animals were hunted by European hunters. read more

9,000 years ago one of the most important tools in the search for food were microliths - barbs made of stone that made a big impact on life in the Middle Stone Age. From 9200-4000BC (during the Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age) people in Wales lived by hunting, fishing and gathering edible plants. read more