According to the theory of mercantilism, colonies should be

According to the theory of mercantilism, colonies should be acquired as markets and sources of raw materials. Spain, during the Age of Exploration, created trade with its colonies to send raw materials back to Spain, and then sending the finish products back to the colonies.

During the paleolithic, hominins grouped together in small societies such as bands, and subsisted by gathering  plants  and fishing, hunting or scavenging wild  animals. the paleolithic is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used  wood  and bone tools.