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.................... was the salient feature of Palaeolithic site.

APartograph

BRock shelter

CIron tools

DHunting grounds

Answer:

B. Rock shelter

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Palaeolithic Age

  • The characteristic feature of the Palaeolithic age is the use of 'Rough (unpolished) stone tools'.

  • The term 'Palaeolithic' is derived from two Greek words 'palaeos' (old) and 'lithos' (stone).

  • Towards the end of the Palaeolithic period, humans used tools made of bones in addition to stone tools.

  • During this age, man lived in caves and ate fruits and tubers, and meat of hunted animals.

  • The use of fire was an invention of this age.

  • Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh is a remarkable Palaeolithic site.

  • Rock shelter was the salient feature of this site.

  • Altamira, Chauvet, Lascaux are the other sites

  • Bands were the basic units of society


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