In the earliest stage of the palaeolithic (also known as the lower palaeolithic) advances in technology and the lifestyle of early hominins was relatively slow. It is not until the middle palaeolithic, and the arrival of certain modern behaviours that these developments become more rapid.
Humans in Palaeolithic period were hunter gatherers not farmers/crop growers
John B. Campbell has written: 'The upper palaeolithic of Britain' -- subject(s): Palaeolithic period, Antiquities
Rate of change = amount of change in some period of time/amount of time for the change
We do not know the personal names of any people from this period of prehistory.
The population of a species over a period of time will change according to some rate of change.
Rate of change is a mathematical term. Essentially, it means the ratio of difference in values of a variable during a time period to the actual length of the period.
speed.
Speed
Depending on the situation, a rate of change can be constant (at least over a certain time period), or it may be non-constant.
An annual percentage rate is the average percentage change over a period of a year. The percentage change is the change divided by the initial value, expressed as a percentage.
The period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods is called the Mesolithic period. It is characterized by the transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to more settled communities that started practicing agriculture and animal domestication.
D. A. E. Garrod has written: 'TheU pper Palaeolithic Age in Britain' -- subject(s): Paleolithic period, Antiquities 'Environment, tools & man' -- subject(s): Prehistoric peoples, Archaeology 'The Middle Palaeolithic of the Near East and the problem of Mount Carmel man' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Paleolithic period