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- Definition: The Chalcolithic Age is also known as the Copper-Stone Age.
- Timeline: The Chalcolithic period in India lasted from around 2500 BCE to 700 BCE.
- Transition Period: The Chalcolithic Age marks the transition from the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age.
- Key Feature: The use of copper tools alongside stone tools is a significant feature of this period.
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- Definition: The Neolithic Age is also known as the New Stone Age.
- Timeline: The Neolithic Age in India dates from approximately 7,000 BCE to 1,000 BCE.
- Transition: The period marked a shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture and settled life.
- Major Characteristics: Use of polished stone tools, pottery, domestication of animals, and cultivation of crops.
- Important Sites: Prominent
- Introduction: The Mesolithic Age, also known as the Middle Stone Age, marked a transition between the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages.
- Timeline: Spanned approximately 10,000 BCE to 6,000 BCE in India, though it varied regionally.
- Tool Technology: Characterized by the use of microlithic tools, which were smaller, sharper, and more refined than earlier tools.
- Microliths: Tools made of tiny stone blades that were often mounted on wooden or bone handles to create com
- The Paleolithic Age, also known as the Old Stone Age, is the earliest phase of human history.
- It spanned from approximately 2 million years ago to 10,000 BCE.
- The term "Paleolithic" is derived from the Greek words ‘paleo’ (old) and ‘lithos’ (stone).
- Humans in this period primarily used stone tools, created by flaking and chipping rocks.
- Key tools included hand axes, cleavers, scrapers, and burins.
- Paleolithic humans were primaril