Introduction

The Stone Age was an enormous stretch of time in human history, which lasted about 2.5 million years. In Britain the Neolithic started only 6,000 years ago, and lasted for about 1,500 years. They lived a lot like we do, but with much simpler technology and with a lot more cardio exercise. And as well as building houses, they also got busy building big stone monuments called mega lifts or long barrows.