& Answer the following questions :
1. Why did the early humans have to movefrom place to place?
2. Describe the different kinds of stone toolsused in Palaeolithic Age.
3. How did fire make the lives of early humans better?
4. What led to domestication of animals inMesolithic 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.
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1). 1)ONCE THE AVALAIBLE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED (FINISHED) THE EARLY PEOPLE (HUNTER-GATHERERS) MOVrED 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) Splintered stones called eoliths have been considered the earliest tools. These tools were made from large and small scrapers, hammer stones, choppers, awls, etc. ... Tools used in Lower Paleolithic era were mainly cleavers, choppers, and hand axes. These tools were mainly used for cutting, digging, and skinning the prey.
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 economy of early period of Mesolithic age was based on hunting, fishing and food gathering. Slowly domesticating crops and animals 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) Lower Palaeolithic 1. Valley of Sohan in Punjab (now in Pakistan) 2. Kashmir and Thar Desert 3. Belan Valley in Mirzapur district, UP 4. Bidwana in Rajasthan 5. Narmada Valley
Upper Palaeolithic 1. Andra Pradesh 2. Karnataka 3. Central MP 4. Maharashtra 5. Southern UP 6. South Bihar
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