Live Like a Hunter Gatherer: Discovering the Secrets of the Stone Age

The Stone Age was a period of human history that lasted around 3.5 million years, marked by the development of hunting and gathering skills. This book provides a wealth of information, crafts, storytelling, and myth debunking to explore what it was really like to live as a hunter-gatherer. It includes step-by-step craft activities and recipes that give readers a first-hand experience of vital Stone Age skills, such as making a Mesolithic shelter, fat lamps, a digging stick, creating cave art, making a bow and arrow, and a fishing hook.

Format: Hardback
Length: 56 pages
Publication date: 07 March 2022
Publisher: Button Books

The Stone Age, which began all human history, spanned approximately 3.5 million years, with the final portion occurring only 71 grandparents ago. This captivating era is explored in this book, packed with fascinating facts, information, crafts, storytelling, and myth debunking. It delves into the daily lives of hunter-gatherers, providing a firsthand experience of their skills and traditions. Step-by-step craft activities and recipes, such as making a Mesolithic shelter, fat lamps, digging sticks, creating cave art, making a bow and arrow, and a fishing hook, allow readers to recreate vital Stone Age techniques.

Written by Naomi Walmsley and her partner Dan Westall, who run Outback2Basics from their woodland in Shropshire, UK, the book caters to children aged 5 to 11. Specializing in bushcraft and Stone Age skills, they offer unique experiences for school children and teachers to connect with nature. Naomi is a qualified bushcraft instructor and Forest School Leader, emphasizing the importance of teaching children safe fire-lighting and basic stick-usage skills. She has written for various magazines, including Bushcraft & Survival Skills, LivingWoods, and Juno.

Naomi and Dan's passion for the Stone Age way of life extends beyond writing. In 2010, they embarked on a five-month Stone Age immersion experience in the US, living in the wilderness without modern equipment. This profound experience deeply influenced their lives and teaching, shaping their approach to education and outdoor exploration. Recently, they were featured in Channel 4's captivating documentary Surviving the Stone Age, a three-part series filmed in Bulgaria with six other Stone-Age experts living as a tribe of hunter-gatherers.

Through their book and documentary, Naomi and Dan aim to dispel misconceptions about the Stone Age and encourage a deeper understanding of our ancestors' way of life. They hope to inspire children and adults alike to appreciate the beauty and complexity of the past and to embrace the skills and knowledge that can be learned from living in harmony with nature.

Weight: 432g
Dimension: 255 x 210 x 1 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787081208