During the Old Stone Age,
A) only Egypt had an advanced agricultural economy.
B) both men and women hunted wild animals.
C) hunting and gathering was the way most people supported themselves.
D) humans lived only in the southernmost parts of Africa.
E) communication was maintained through the use of cuneiform.

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During the Old Stone Age (also known as the Paleolithic period), most human societies relied on hunting and gathering as their main means of obtaining food and resources. Agriculture had not yet been developed, and people had not settled in one place long enough to construct permanent homes or villages. It is estimated that this period lasted from around 2.6 million years ago to about 10,000 BCE, and during this time humans lived all over the world, not just in Africa.