Hi all, Ex-AWA newbie returning to AWS & i have a few questions

1) What are Survival points? I have some & i seem to occasionally get more added to my stack but how am i earning them & what are they for.
2) How do i earn PANES?
Is there a limit to how many extra we can implant on top of what we have earned ourselves if i choose to purchase extra? What is the current market value of PANES.
3) Where are the newbie creatures? In AWA i was hunting low level molesaurs & wolves for skilling & am still only using the Pugio & Sieger. I have tried the new farm but skilling is painfully slow with the scarcity of slugs.. so is there any better place for my level to skill?
4) Melee vs Ranged skilling - Ranged seems like to obvious choice to hurt mobs as much as possible before they get to me, but is there any benefit to skilling/hunting melee aswell or should i just concentrate on one or the other ~ any advice/information would be helpful here as im unsure which would be the best to put my time skilling into.
Thanks in advance