• Fruit and nuts. Fruit, nuts, and seeds ripened in the summer and autumn, providing a varied diet.
• Fish. Spears were used to catch big fish, such as salmon.
• Eggs. Birds' eggs were easy to gather from nests and could be eaten raw.
• Plants. Many leaves were gathered for food, including young nettles and dandelions.

Neolithic tools and weapons that would have characterized the period include:

• Leaf-shaped flint, which were used as knives and as arrows. ...
• Blades and diggers, which were made from stones and/or bone and were used to field dress animal carcasses and cut through meat, as well as to till fields for planting. ...
• Axes, which were used to cut down trees in the clearing of fields for planting. ...

Facts about the Neolithic era

• The population at the end of the Neolithic era (2500 BC) was around 250,000 people.
• By the end of the Bronze Age (800 BC) it had doubled to about 500,000.
• If they survived infancy, most people could expect to live to their 40s or 50s.
• Large areas of cultivated land appeared; woods were managed for timber.

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