Yeah, prehistoric life is sometimes portrayed as simplistic, skipping the fact that hunter-gatherers knew the landscape and all plants, grasses and animals for kilometres around. Kim Stanley Robinson's novel ‘Shaman’ does a decent job of depicting what life in those times might've been like.

Granted, I instead memorize my city's streets and organization of my computer stuff.

"Was that rock always there, or was it disturbed by a predator?"
"Hmm. That rock I remember, rough sandstone, 25 sides, angled south-east. I'm unsure of its neighbour though with rough sandstone, 25 sides, angled south-south-east."