What animals were hunted in the Paleolithic Age?

Bow and arrow appeared surprisingly late. > The bow and arrow appears around the transition from the Upper Paleolithic to the Mesolithic. read more

The bow and arrow appears around the transition from the Upper Paleolithic to the Mesolithic. After the end of the last glacial period, use of the bow seems to have spread to every continent, including the New World, except for Australia. Before that, probably primarily spears, with chipped stone heads if not simply wood. read more

Tasks were divided: some were beaters, others spear throwers. This way, Paleolithic people could drive herds of wild animals towards natural traps, where they were easier to hunt. Wild horses were chased towards a cliff, the way Ona people in Tierra del Fuego still hunt the guanaco (a wild camel). read more

Paleolithic hunting and gathering people ate varying proportions of vegetables (including tubers and roots), fruit, seeds (including nuts and wild grass seeds) and insects, meat, fish, and shellfish. However, there is little direct evidence of the relative proportions of plant and animal foods. read more