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Tiny stone tools found during the Mesolithic period are called

AMicroliths

BNanoliths

CPseudoliths

DMacroliths

Answer:

A. Microliths

Read Explanation:

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.

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