The theme of the paper is the prehistory of Croatia, which includes prehistoric photographies and findings, found on the ground of Croatia. These findings contributed to rich and well-known Croatian history. The paper is based on examples of prehistoric findings, and it covers the older Stone Age, Metal Age and younger Stone Age. One of the primary human needs was the need for shelters, which served as a protection from natural disasters, animals or other groups of people. Caves were the longest used accommodation in human history, they were places to live which improved through time. Archaeological findings document the completion of the nomadic way of life. Archaeological findings are the mark of a nomadic way of life coming to an end. Archeology is the representation of a material culture of ancient times. It is divided into several large time periods. It covers every moment from when the homo habilis made the first rough tool to the time when limits were determined by convention and changes. Archeology is divided into prehistoric, historical, ancient, early Christian, medieval, modern archeology and industrial archeology. Prehistoric archeology is an archeology that captures the period before the beginning of writing. The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) is the oldest and longest period of human history and it matches with the geological period of the Pleistocene. The remains of human activity have been found in today's Croatian area and they belong to the earliest periods of human development. There is a complex in the town Krapina named Hušnjakovo and it is specific for its rich fossil sites. It is located in the western part of the Krapina and has been declared a paleontological natural monument. It is popular as a finding of a prehistoric man and it represents a tourist attraction. Among the first archeological sites in the Varaždin region was the Vindija cave. The northern parts of Hrvatsko Zagorje and especially the Ivanečki region, are all very important parts for studying the oldest traces of the human species. The Stone Age is the oldest period of prehistory and during that time a man was making weapons mostly out of stone, not yet knowing the processing of metal. During that time, people were moving and living in tribes. In the area of northern Croatia, the Neolithic period is documented by the sites of three main archaeological cultures: Starčevo, Vinča and Sopot but also Korenovo and Lenđel, only in a lesser extent.