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1. Write in brief about the palaeolith age.
ms:- The term 'Palaeolithic' is derived from the two Greek
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words, Palaeo) meaning old and lithos' meaning stone.
The Palaeolithic humans were the first to make implements.
of Stane. Initially, they used crude unpolished Stone to
make tools. Their chief tool was a 'hatchet, It was an
almond-shaped Stone with one sharp edge. In India, the
Palaeolithic stone tools have been discovered from Bhimbetka
(Madhya Pradesh), Hunsai (Karnataka), Kurnool (Andhra
pradesh), etc,
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