Completar Frases LIFE DURING THE PALAEOLITHICVersión en línea Characteristics of the Palaeolithic period. por Alfonso Poza 1 Sapiens Palaeolithic ago evolution Africa archaeological tools writing nomadic gathering Prehistory is the period before the invention of . As there are no written records we have to study this period through remains . The process of human describes the physical changes that transformed primates into humans . The first humans appeared in 2 million years . During the men and women lived by scavenging , , hunting and fishing . They were and lived in camps or in caves . They also made the first and learnt to use fire . Around 40000 years ago , Homo created the first cave paintings .