Answer the following briefly

V. Answer the following briefly

1. Discuss how the age of speculation made humans become conscious and knowledgeable.

• In the course of evolution, humans began to think and ask questions about nature, organisms and the world around them.

• This made humans become conscious and knowledgeable.

2. Write a note on the impact of pastoralism on the prehistoric people in Tamil Nadu.

• The people in the Iron Age practiced agriculture and domesticated cattle and sheep.

• While some of the groups were still hunting they developed irrigation management. Millets and rice were cultivated.

• They made pottery; they lived in permanent houses. They developed various crafts.

3. List out the features of Megalithic Burial types.

The burials are classified as :

• Dolmens (Table like stone Structure)

• Cists (Stone enclosurces buried under earth)

• Menhirs (Pillar like stones)

• Sarcophagus (Buried receptacles made of terracotta) 

4. Examine the tool making technical skills of lower Paleolithic people.

• The people of lower Palaeolithic Culture made lifacus such as hand axes and clavers to meet their subsistance needs.

• These have Physical symmetry and convey the humans' cognitive (perception) skills.

• They produced flakes from the stone block or pebbles and made tools.