Question

Small stone tools with sharp points were used in the period subsequent to the Palaeolithic Age, known as the :

• A. Mesolithic Age
• B. Neolithic Age
• C. Chalcolithic Age
• D. Pleistocene Period

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Mesolithic Age

MESOLITHIC AGE

• Small stone tools with sharp points were used in the period subsequent to the Palaeolithic Age, known as the Mesolithic Age.

• Hunting became extensive in the Mesolithic Age resulting in extinction of animals like Mammoth.

• Man discovered new sources of food & ate edible grass, dolphin, otter, whale, fishes etc.

• Evidence for human life in the Mesolithic Age in India, have been found from Bagor (in Rajastan) and Adamgarh (in Madhya Pradesh).

• The Mesolithic is the stage of transition from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic.

• The word 'Mesolithic' is derived from two Greek words 'mesos' (middle) and 'lithos' (stone).

• These are smaller tools than the ones used in the Palaeolithic Age.

• This is the period when microliths (very small tools) were used.