Question

9. Compare the tools of Palaeolithic age with those of Mesolithic age.
Palaeolithic Age....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Mesolithic Age....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The palaeolithic tools were made from large and small scrapers, hammer stones, choppers, awls, etc. Hand axes and cleavers were the typical tools of these early hunters and food-gatherers. Tools used in Lower Paleolithic era were mainly cleavers, choppers, and hand axes.

Backed blade, core, point, triangle, lunate and trapeze are the main Mesolithic tools. However, some tools used earlier, like scraper, burin and choppers, continue. Art: The people of this age practiced painting.