Question

what do you know about the tools and weapons of the palaeothic age?

Answer 1

• In the paleolithic age, people used rocks for various tools and weapons

• As pictured to the right, humans used a sharp rock as a hand axe to chop various objects

• Flints were very popular, as they helped the people create fires. Humans also made thin stone blades which they used as spear heads 

• Men used cliffs and tar pits as weapons for killing animals. They would corner the animal and force them off the cliff or into tar pits. The bow and arrow was created in 20 000 BCE and helped hunters kill animals easier