& Answer the following questions :
1. Why did the early humans have to move
from place to place?
2. Describe the different kinds of stone tools
used in Palaeolithic Age.
3. How did fire make the lives of early humans
better?
4. What led to domestication of animals in
Mesolithic age?
5. Write a short note on
prehistoric cave
paintings.
6. Describe the different types of Palaeolithic
sites.
7. Suggest at least four differences in the life
of people in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
age.
8. Describe the main characteristics of
Mesolithic age.
Answers
ʜᴇʀᴇ'ꜱ yᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴꜱᴡᴇʀ
1 . 1)ONCE THE AVALAIBLE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED (FINISHED) THE EARLY PEOPLE (HUNTER-GATHERERS) MOVED TO ANOTHE PLACE IN SEARCH OF FOOD, WATER, ETC.
2 . These 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.
3 . The control of fire by early humans was a turning point in the technological evolution of human beings. Fire provided a source of warmth, protection from predators, a way to create more advanced hunting tools, and a method for cooking food.
ʜᴏᴩᴇ ɪᴛ' ʜᴇʟᴩ ᴜʜʜ
1. 1)ONCE THE AVALAIBLE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED (FINISHED) THE EARLY PEOPLE (HUNTER-GATHERERS) MOVED TO ANOTHE PLACE IN SEARCH OF FOOD, WATER, ETC. 2)ANIMALS MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE SO THE EARLY PEOPLE (HUNTER-GATHERERS) HAVE MOVED TO OTHER PLACE WHILE HUNTING THEM
2.These 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.
3.The control of fire by early humans was a turning point in the technological evolution of human beings. Fire provided a source of warmth, protection from predators, a way to create more advanced hunting tools, and a method for cooking food.
4.The early period of Mesolithic age was based on the hunting, fishing and food gathering, slowly domestication of animals and cultivation of crops made their way into human life. The earliest evidence of domestication of animals has been provided by Adamagarh in Madhya Pradesh and Bagor in Rajasthan.
5.
Cave paintings are also known as "parietal art". They are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, mainly of prehistoric origin, dated to some 40,000 years ago (around 38,000 BCE) in Eurasia. ... Humans mainly appear as images of hands, mostly hand stencils made by blowing pigment on a hand held to the wall.
6. 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
7. 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 people continued with intensive hunting, while others practiced the initial stages of domestication
8. The Mesolithic Age was a transitional phase between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. It has the characteristics of both the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. The people of this age lived on hunting, fishing, and food gathering while at a later stage they also domesticated animals.