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Answer the following briefly:

Examine the tool making technical skills of lower Palaeolithic people.


For lower Palaeolithic people hand axes and cleavers were the important tools. They were used for cutting, digging and piercing and were fitted with a wooden and bone handle. Hammer stones and spheroids were also used. The quartzite pebbles and cobbles were chosen as raw materials. These tools were found in the soil deposits and in the exposed river side.


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Answer the following briefly:

List out the features of Megalithic Burial types.


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Answer the following briefly:

Domestication of animals is a milestone in human history. Explain.


 6 A

Answer all the questions given under each caption:

Hominid and Hominins


a) Who are Hominids?


b) Who was the earliest human ancestor to make tools in Africa?


c) How are the modern humans known?


d) Name any one species of this tribe


 6 B

Answer all the questions given under each caption:

Earliest Lithic Assemblages of Human ancestors


a) Where are Acheulian tools are reported to have been found in Karnataka and in Madhya Pradesh?


b) What is meant by Lithic Technology?


c) What are Biface tools?


d) Name a few stone tools used by human ancestors.