Describe any four major changes that took place in human life during Mesolithic age.
What were the beliefs of Neolithic man about life?
How did the invention of wheel help in the development of human civilisation?
Distinguish between Paleolithic and Neolithic Age with respect to tools, occupations and inventions
How were the tools of Paleolithic man different from that of Mesolithic age?
Value Based Question
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
Justify the statement with the help of examples from the life of early man.
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Answer:
1. Of the important discoveries made in the Mesolithic and New Stone Age, the most far-reaching were new ways of getting food. In addition to hunting and gathering, man learned to tame animals so that they would be near when he needed meat. Man learned to tame such animals as sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle.
2. People of the Neolithic age were animists. They believed that all the elements of the natural world, like animals, forests, mountains, rivers, and stones, had self-consciousness.
3. The wheel was a great pre-historic invention. Early men used the wheel to move heavy objects, as a means of transport & for pottery. ... The invention of the wheel brought about new ways of doing things. This made work easier and inspired even more new ideas for inventions.
4. Paleolithic tools were made of wood, stone and animal bones. ... Neolithic era tools were more sophisticated. A variety of tools were invented in the New Stone age, such as sickle blades and grinding stones for agriculture, and pottery and bone implements for food production.
5. Mesolithic tools were generally composite devices manufactured with small chipped stone tools called microliths and retouched bladelets. The Paleolithic utilized more primitive stone treatments, and the Neolithic mainly used polished rather than chipped stone tools.
6. When early man wanted heat to protect the body of cold winters, he discovered fire by rubbing two stones. When he wanted to make huts for shelter and utensils carved out of stones, he invented tools. When it became necessary to cover the body, early man discovered cloth. When it became difficult to travel by foot, early man invented animal driven transport.
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