What are the differences between the Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Period?

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The Paleolithic people were mainly nomadic hunter gatherers, while Neolithic people live in towns. The Paleolithic people used stone tools, and this is all we find of them, while in the Neolithic period there is evidence of a larger 'culture' including pottery and agricultural tools, cave paintings, copper and bronze tools, etc. Neolithic towns had a form of economy based mostly on bartering.

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