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EARLIEST PEOPLE
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HUNTER - GATHERERS
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HUNTERS
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HUNTED
- WILD ANIMALS
- FISH
- BIRDS
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GATHERERS
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GATHERED
- FRUITS
- ROOTS
- NUTS
- STALKS
- EGGS
- LEAVES
- SEEDS
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MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE
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REASONS
- EXHAUSTON OF PLANT AND ANIMAL RESOURCES
- ANIMALS MOVEMENT FROM PLACE TO PLACE
- SEASONAL VARIATIONS
- NEED OF WATER
- MEET THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
- JOURNEY WAS BY FOOT
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SHELTER
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LOCATED NEAR
- SOURCES OF WATER
- SOURCES OF GOOD QUALITY STONE
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STONE TOOLS AND FIRE
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STONE TOOLS
- SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EARLIEST PEOPLE
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USES
- CUT MEAT AND BONE
- SCRAPE BARK FROM TREES AND HIDES
- CHOP FRUITS, WOOD AND ROOTS
- SPEARS AND ARROWS FOR HUNTING
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FACTORY SITES
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PLACES WHERE
- STONE WAS FOUND
- PEOPLE MADE TOOLS
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HABITAT-CUM-FACTORY SITES
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PLACES WHERE
- PEOPLE LIVED FOR A LONG TIME IN FACTORY SITES
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MAKING STONE TOOLS
- STONE ON STONE
- PRESSURE FLAKING
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FIRE
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KURNOOL CAVES
- TRACES OF ASH
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USES
- SOURCE OF LIGHT
- COOKING MEAT
- SCARE AWAY ANIMALS
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A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
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CHANGES IN CLIMATE
- 12000 YEARS AGO
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SHIFT TO RELATIVELY WARMER CONDITIONS
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DEVELOPMENT OF GRASSLANDS
- INCREASE IN NO. OF ANIMALS THAT SURVIVED ON GRASS
- INRODUCTION OF HERDING, REARING ANIMALS AND FISHING
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GRAIN BEARING GRASSES START GROWING NATURALLY
- STARTING OF AGRICULTURE
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NAMES AND DATES
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PALAEOLITHIC ( 2 MILLION YEARS AGO - 12000 YEARS AGO)
- LOWER PALAEOLITHIC
- MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC
- UPPER PALAEOLITHIC
- COVERS 99% OF THE HUMAN HISTORY
- FROM GREEK WORDS'PALAEO' MEANING OLD & 'LITHOS' MEANING STONE
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OSTRICHES IN INDIA
- EGGS FOUND IN PATNE IN MAHARASHTRA
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MESOLITHIC
- PERIOD OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
- 12000 YEARS AGO - 10000 YEARS AGO
- TINY STONE TOOLS CALLED MICROLITHS
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NEOLITHIC
- FROM 10000 YEARS AGO
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A CLOSER LOOK AT HUNGSI
- EARLY PALAEOLITHIC SITES
- HABITAT-CUM-FACTORY SITES
- TOOLS MADE FROM LIMESTONE