what is palaeolithic age
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Palaeolithic age is also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory distinguished by the original development of stone tools that covers c. 99% of the time period of human technological prehistory
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Paleolithic Age
- It is an ancient cultural stage of human technological development.
- It is characterized by the creation and use of rudimentary chipped stone tools.
- These included simple pebble tools,hand adzes, stone scrapers, cleavers and points.
- The pebble tools are the rock shaped by the pounding of another stone to produce tools with a serrated crest that served as a chopping blade.
- The hand adzes are the tools shaped from a block of stone to create a rounded but and a single-bevel straight or curved cutting edge.
- These tools were also made of bone and wood.
- It was also characterized by the manufacture of small sculptures and paintings, incised designs, and reliefs on cave walls.
- The sculptures include carved stone statues of women, clay figurines of animals, and other bone and ivory carvings.
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