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Paleolithic people lived in small groups of 20 to 30 people.
Their numbers remained small because they did not have enough food to support a larger population. They ate whatever they could find which was often not enough. They lived in natural or temporary shelters such as caves or animal-skin tents or no shelter at all and were exposed to harsh weather. They educated their young through stories told around a campfire because they had no formal system of education.

They could not easily change their lifestyle because they spent all of their time and energy in search of food and water. They were nomadic. In other words, they kept moving.

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I was fishing with my father. We were listening to the radio.

"Here is a weather report. A typhoon is coming. All small boats must return to shore now."

My father said, "We must go home now, Tony. Your mother will be worried."

We sailed towards the beach. The waves were already very big and I felt a little afraid. When we got to the beach the sky was very dark and it was raining.

"Hurry! my father called out. We ran to the house. My mother was happy to see us.

There was no electricity, so we sat in the dark and listened to the storm. We ate cold rice and vegetables. I couldn't sleep because the wind was very noisy.

In the morning, we found a coconut tree had fallen on our boat. There was big hole at the back. I felt angry but my father said we were lucky because some people had lost the roof of their house!

Wed Mar 31, 5:08 am ET

BALI, Indonesia – A Swedish tourist fell to his death into the crater of an active volcano Wednesday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

The 25-year-old man and two friends were on a pre-dawn hike along the rim of the crater of 5,633-foot (1,717-meter) Mount Batur when he fell in, local police chief Capt. Made Oka said.

Rescuers spotted the man's body inside the dry crater at a depth of about 500 feet (150 meters), Oka said. Officials believe the man did not survive the initial impact of the fall.

"Rescuers are now in the process of evacuating the body," Oka said, adding that poor weather around the crater may slow the efforts.

Mount Batur, which has erupted 26 times since 1840, is about 40 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of the provincial capital, Denpasar. It last erupted in 2000 and is considered an active volcano. It regularly lets off steam.

Oka said the route the tourists were hiking is considered safe and accidents there are uncommon.

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It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.

What a horrible night to have a curse.