Key learning points

1. The Paleolithic Era took place between two million years ago and ten thousand years ago.
2. Many of the types of Paleolithic human who lived in Britain used stone tools, which were often made of flint.
3. These tools, especially hand axes, are some of the main sources of evidence archaeologists have for this period.
4. Archaeologists have worked out how Paleolithic humans might have used their hand axes.
5. Archaeologists think that they probably used them to skin animals for clothing and strip branches for fire and shelter.

Keywords

• Paleolithic Era - the Paleolithic Era is a time in history, sometimes called the Early Stone Age

• Nomadic - someone who doesn't settle in one place to live is nomadic

• Hand axe - a hand axe is a prehistoric tool used for cutting

• Flint - flint is a type of stone that was used to make tools in the past

Common misconception