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Human The Modern Human
Activity in Being ( homo Sapiens )
India started. first appeared in the
5 Lakh Upper Palaeolithic Age.
Years Ago

3.5 Million 40K 6k

Years Ago Years Ago Years Ago

Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic

Human remains
1 Lakh 10K
associated with
Years Ago Years Ago
stone tools have
been dated in East
Africa as early as Palaeolithic period coincides with the
3.5 Million years Pleistocene period ice sheets covered
Ago. a great portion of the earth’s surface,
particularly on higher altitudes.
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Climate
Ice Age
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Settlements
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Food
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Tools

Hand-Axes Cleavers Pebble tool

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The Stone Age was a broad

prehistoric period during which
humans used primitive stone
tools.
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Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic

Old Stone Age Late Stone Age New Stone Age

Lower Middle Upper

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Human The Modern Human
Activity in Being ( homo Sapiens )
India started. first appeared in the
5 Lakh Upper Palaeolithic Age.
Years Ago

3.5 Million 40K 6k

Years Ago Years Ago Years Ago

Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic

Human remains
1 Lakh 10K
associated with
Years Ago Years Ago
stone tools have
been dated in East
Africa as early as Palaeolithic period coincides with the
3.5 Million years Pleistocene period ice sheets covered
Ago. a great portion of the earth’s surface,
particularly on higher altitudes.
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Climate
1 Lakh
Years Ago
Ice Age
Lower Palaeolithic

In this period, the

climate became
less Humid
Fire was not invented in ( dry ).
this period.
3.5 Million
Years Ago
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Settlements
1 Lakh
Years Ago
Lower Palaeolithic

He had no knowledge of
house building.
Soan River Valley ( Punjab, Belan Valley
3.5 Million Pakistan ) ( Mirzapur , Uttar Pradesh )
Years Ago
Caves & Rock shelters
These would have served
as seasonal camps for
human beings.
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Settlements Thar Desert

1 Lakh
Years Ago Kashmir
Lower Palaeolithic

Mewar Plains

Saurashtra

Gujarat

Central India
Soan River Valley ( Punjab, Deccan Plateau
3.5 Million Pakistan )
Years Ago ChotaNagpur Plateau
Belan Valley
( Mirzapur , Uttar Pradesh ) North of Cauvery River
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Settlements
1 Lakh
Years Ago
Lower Palaeolithic

This site remained very attractive for stone

age people from the point of view of shelter,
3.5 Million
Years Ago
food and raw material for tools.

Bhimbetka hillside is composed of

sandstone and quartzite.
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Food
1 Lakh
Years Ago
Lower Palaeolithic

He had no knowledge of
cultivation.
3.5 Million
Years Ago In this phase man barely managed
to gather his food and lived on
hunting.
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Tools
1 Lakh
Years Ago
Lower Palaeolithic

During this time, the tools were

3.5 Million
Years Ago unpolished, undressed and rough
stones.
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Tools
1 Lakh
Years Ago
Lower Palaeolithic

3.5 Million
Years Ago
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Tools
1 Lakh
Years Ago
Lower Palaeolithic

Hand-Axes Cleavers Pebble tool

3.5 Million
Years Ago
Axes found in India are more or less
similar to those of Western Asia,
Europe and Africa
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Tools
1 Lakh
Years Ago
Lower Palaeolithic

Hand-Axes Cleavers

Roughly triangular in Cleaver is a

shape, broad at one flattish tool made
end and pointed at of rectangular or
the other. triangular shape .
3.5 Million
Years Ago One of its end is broad
and having straight
cutting edge.
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3.5 Million 40K 6k

Years Ago Years Ago Years Ago

Lower Palaeolithic Middle Palaeolithic Upper Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic

1 Lakh 10K
Years Ago Years Ago