What were the main differences between PALAEOLITHIC AGE & the NEOLITHIC AGE...............................?
Answers
1.The Paleolithic age ended long before the start of the Neolithic age.
2.The Neolithic age lasted for a much shorter duration in comparison to the Paleolithic age.
3.The Paleolithic man moved in search of food. The Neolithic man moved in search of fertile land and water sources.
4.The Paleolithic man was a hunter and gatherer whereas the Neolithic man cultivated crops.
5.The Paleolithic society had a primitive type of government comprised of families ruled by men. In the Neolithic era the society had complex governance which had a chief who ruled the council.
6.The Neolithic era developed a barter system of trade. Trade was absent in the Paleolithic era.
7.People of the Paleolithic age made use of tools made up of stone and bones whereas in the Neolithic era, people started using tools made up of metals as copper and bronze.
8.The Neolithic era saw the innovation of pottery, wheel, weapons, farming, banking, and trade. All this was absent in the Paleolithic era.
Answer:
1) The Palaeolithic age lasted from early times till about 10000 BCE, that is, till about 12,000 years ago. The Neolithic age lasted from about 8000 BCE till about 4000 BCE.
2) During the Palaeolithic age humans used crude stone tools. During the Neolithic age the tools were a further improvement of tools. These tools were much sharper than the ones used in the Palaeolithic age.