Neolithic Era This Neolithic Era was a much easier era for the people in it than the Paleolithic Era. These people had a much easier time finding food, which meant they had a higher surplus of it. They had an easier time mostly because they learned to farm and grow crops instead of always going to hunt. They could grow crops because the earth was more warm and green with more vegetation and animals because The Great Thaw happened in between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Era. They also learned to domesticate animals to use for farming and meat. The sizes of these groups were much bigger than the sizes of the Paleolithic. There were thousands of people living in one village. These people lived in family groups and settled down in one place