Paleolithic Era


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Paleolithic Era

The Old Stone Age, Or the Paleolithic Age (Around 500,000 – 10,000BCE): During the old stone age, human beings were mainly nomads, i.e., wanderers or people without a permanent home. And had a diet of raw meat along with vegetables and fruits. Hunting could not support a growing population in one place, so the choice for the hunters was rather brutal- starve or move. Therefore, they moved over great distances.

Characteristics of Paleolithic Age

  • The Paleolithic is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools, although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools.
  • Peoples are learned to build fires.
  • Kept records and communicated using cave paintings. Belief in the after life so,started to bury the dead.
  • Palaeolithic sites in India

    Palaeolithic sites In India include Attirampakkam in Tamil Nadu,Hunsgi In Karnataka ,and Bhimbetka and Baghor in Madhya Pradesh.

     
     


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