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Very Short Answer Questions:-

1. Name the three phases of the Stone Age.

2. Define the terms 'Palaeo' and 'Lithos'.

3. Why is the Palaeolithic period called the Old Stone Age?

4.Name the two places in India where the oldest stone tools have been found.

5.List the animals depicted in cave paintings found in Spain and France.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Three phases of the stone age are:

(a) Paleolithic age

(b) Mesolithic age

(c) Neolithic age

2. The term 'Palaeo' means 'Old' and the term 'Lithos' means 'Stone'.

Answer 2

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Explanation:

1. Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period and Neolithic Period.
2. The term 'Palaeo' means 'Old' and the term 'Lithos' means 'Stone'. Hence, this period is also called the Old Stone Age. This period extends from 2 million years ago to 12,000 years ago.
3. The Palaeolithic ('Old Stone Age') makes up the earliest chunk of the Stone Age – the large swathe of time during which hominins used stone to make tools – and ranges from the first known tool use roughly 2,6 million years ago to the end of the last Ice Age
4. Attirampakkam or Athirampakkam (Tamil: அத்திரம்பாக்கம்) is a village located 60 kilometers away from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The oldest known stone tools in India were discovered near the village, which became the type site for the Madrasian culture.
5. In France and Spain, the animals found in cave paintings were Bisons (type of bulls), leopards, rhinos and cows.

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