The Lower Palaeolithic is the earliest phase of the Stone Age, spanning from approximately 2.5 million years ago to 100,000 years ago. In the Indian subcontinent, this period...
Jericho is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Its significance lies in its role as a primary center of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) period....
The Neolithic Revolution marks the fundamental transition from mobile hunter-gatherer societies to settled, food-producing communities. This process began in the Near East, specifically the Fertile Crescent, approximately 10,000...
The Mesolithic period represents a transitional phase between the food-gathering Paleolithic and the food-producing Neolithic. During this era, human populations adapted to post-glacial environments by developing specialized tool...
The Upper Palaeolithic period in Europe, dating roughly from 40,000 to 10,000 years ago, is defined by the arrival of anatomically modern humans and the subsequent replacement of...
The Acheulian tradition is a long-standing stone tool industry named after the site of Saint-Acheul in France. It represents a major technological advancement in the Lower Palaeolithic period...
The Lower Palaeolithic period in Europe represents the earliest phase of human occupation, spanning roughly 1.5 million to 300,000 years ago. Hominids such as Homo erectus and Homo...
The Neolithic period, often called the New Stone Age, marks a technological shift towards the production of polished stone tools. Unlike the chipped tools of the Paleolithic and...
Microliths are the hallmark of Mesolithic tool technology. These are extremely small stone tools, usually less than 5 centimeters in length. They represent a major transition from the...
The Upper Palaeolithic period represents a major leap in human technological capacity, characterized by the shift from flake-based tools to blade-based industries. This era shows high degrees of...
State of Assam has been awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state on 25 April 2015 on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Diwas. Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented...
Every year World Malaria Day (WMD) is observed on 25 April. The day is observed to recognise the global efforts to control preventable disease malaria. The theme of this...