1.Write the names of the stages of human evolution. 2.What are the periods of stone age? 3.Write the difference between paleolithic and Mesolithic periods?
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1.Stages in Human Evolution
- Dryopithecus. These are deemed to be the ancestors of both man and apes. ...
- Ramapithecus. Their first remains were discovered from the Shivalik range in Punjab and later in Africa and Saudi Arabia. ...
- Australopithecus. ...
- Homo Erectus. ...
- Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis. ...
- Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
2. The Stone Age is divided in three distinct periods: the Paleolithic Period or Old Stone Age (30,000 BCE–10,000 BCE), the Mesolithic Period or Middle Stone Age (10,000 BCE–8,000 BCE), and the Neolithic Period or New Stone Age (8,000 BCE–3,000 BCE).
3.The Paleolithic was an age of purely hunting and gathering, but toward the Mesolithic period the development of agriculture contributed to the rise of permanent settlements. ... Some Mesolithic settlements were villages of huts , others walled cities. The type of tool used is a distinguishing factor among these cultures.
Answer:
1. The Stone Age, whose origin coincides with the discovery of the oldest known stone tools, which have been dated to some 3.3 million years ago, is usually divided into three separate periods—Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period.
2. The Paleolithic was an age of purely hunting and gathering, but toward the Mesolithic period the development of agriculture contributed to the rise of permanent settlements.
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