Changing Lifestyle


 
 
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Changing Lifestyle

Changing lifestyles: By around 9000 BCE, the climate became warmer and drier. A greater variety of plants and animals now became available. So, both hunting and gathering became easier.

  • The people continued to hunt, fish and gather food. They probably discovered the value of seeds of some grasses like barley and wheat. Many humans continued to live in rock shelters, some build their own houses of sticks, twigs and mud.
  • Rock paintings from Mesolithic period have been found in Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. Remains of human burial have also been found. There are evidences of food and ornaments at these burial sites.
  • Tools And Implements: Microliths, or very small stone tools, are the main type of tools found at Mesolithic sites. Tools at this time were also made of bone, wood, or the tusks and horns of animals. These new, lighter tools helped quicker movement, and hunting became easier. The bow and arrow made it easy to hunt fast-moving animals.Hooks and baits improved fishing.

     
     


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