Ephedra seeds found in an ancient burial pit may be the earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants.

The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it on a fire. After a good day’s hunting people could feast on meat.

NEW STONE AGE MOTHER:Yes that’s your job children; keep the birds off the seeds and that eagle away ... The animals we hunted for food, we picked the berries from the bush and the roots from ...