E. Answer the following questions,
2 Describe any four major changes that took place in human life during Mesolithic age.
2. What were the beliefs of Neolithic man about life?
3. How did the invention of wheel help in the development of human civilisation?
4. Distinguish between Paleolithic and Neolithic Age with respect to tools, occupations and inventions.
5. How were the tools of Paleolithic man different from that of Mesolithic age?
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Answer:
2 answer 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.
3 answer 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 answer 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 answer 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