Question

The word 'Mesolithic' is derived from two Greek words :

• A. 'paleo' (ancient) and 'lithos' (stone)
• B. 'neo' (new) and 'platos' (flat)
• C. 'mesos' (middle) and 'geo' (earth)
• D. 'mesos' (middle) and 'lithos' (stone)

Answer 1

Answer:

D. 'mesos' (middle) and 'lithos' (stone)

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.