Question

a) Where are Acheulian tools are
reported to have been found in
Karnataka and in Madhya Pradesh?
b) What is Burin?
c) What are Biface tools?
d) Name a few stone tools used by the
human ancestors.

QUESTION

2. Earliest Lithic Assemblages of Human achuelian​

Answer 1

(a) Acheulian tools are reported to be found at Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh. Some of the acheulian tools were discovered at Attirampakkam near Chennai.

(b) a handheld steel tool used for engraving in metal or wood.

(c) A hand axe (or handaxe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is usually made from flint or chert.Its technical name (biface) comes from the fact that the archetypical model is generally bifacial Lithic flake and almond-shaped (amygdaloidal).

(d) The Early Stone Age began with the most basic stone implements made by early humans. These Oldowan toolkits include hammerstones, stone cores, and sharp stone flakes. By about 1.76 million years ago, early humans began to make Acheulean handaxes and other large cutting tools.

2. The archaeological layer in which the human remains, hundreds of Oldowan stone tools, and numerous animal bones were unearthed is dated approximately 1.6-1.8 million years ago. The site yields the earliest unequivocal evidence for presence of early humans outside the African continent.

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