Had to adapt to the ice age
Experienced a more steady food supply
Used animals as a source for wool, milk, meat and work
Developed methods for using metal
Lived in villages
Made tools out of bone
Traded goods with other villages
The people were nomadic
Built more permanent dwellings
People raised their own crops
People specialized in new skills
Population growth
Developed spoken language
Used stone tools as their primary technology
tamed fire
Women stayed at the camp and did some gathering; men went hunting