The Stone AgeOnline version Activity about the Stone Age. by Raquel Serrano Barrueta 1 Group 1 2 Group 2 3 Group 3 Palaeolithic Period. The beginning of human history. People learnt to use fire. Housing was temporary People lived in caves. (c. 2500000—10000 BC) People moved around to find animals and plants to eat. They were hunter-gatherers. Stone, bone and wood were used to make simple tools. Mesolithic Period (c. 10000—5500 BC) The transition period of the Stone Age. Neolithic Period. (c. 5500—2500 BC). The beginning of sedentary life. People cultivated crops and domesticated animals. Villages formed near sources of water. Farming tools were invented. People made pottery for storage.