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General Awareness
General Studies
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Arts
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Indian History
Ancient India
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The Early Man
The Fossils of early humans have been found in Africa about 2.6 million years back, but there is no such evidence in India. So, it appears that India was inhabited later than Africa.
The artefacts discovered from Bori in Maharashtra, suggest that the appearance of early humans in India was around 1.4 million years ago.
The modern humans (Homo Sapiens) first appeared in Africa around 2 lakh years ago and in India around 70 thousand years ago.
The early man in India used tools of stone roughly dressed by crude clipping. This period is therefore, known as the Stone Age, which has been divided into
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The Palaeolithic or Old Stone Age
(500,000 BC - 9000 BC)
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This age is divided into three phases according to the nature of the stone tools used by the people and change in the climate.
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Upper Palaeolithic Age
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Middle Palaeolithic Age
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Robert Bruce Fonte was the first to discover a palaeolithic site in India. Homo Sapiens first appeared towards the end of this phase.
Their tools were mostly made of quartzite, thus, they are also called Quartzite men
Palaeolithic men were hunters and food gatherers. They had no knowledge of agriculture or pottery. They used tools of unpolished, rough stones and lived in cave and rock shelters.
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