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Lower Palaeolithic Period in India

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...

April 25, 2015

Jericho, Jarmo, Çatal Huyuk and Shanidar

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....

April 25, 2015

Early Farming Cultures and Neolithic of the Near East

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...

April 25, 2015

Azilian, Tardenoisean, Maglemosian, Kitchen Midden and Natufian Cultures

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...

April 25, 2015

Perigordian, Chatelperronian, Gravettian, Aurignacian, Solutrean and Magdalenian Cultures

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...

April 25, 2015

Acheulian and Mousterian Cultures

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...

April 25, 2015

Lithic Cultures of Europe

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...

April 25, 2015

Neolithic Ring Stone, Grindstone, Celt and Adze

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...

April 25, 2015

Mesolithic Microliths

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...

April 25, 2015

Upper Palaeolithic Tools: Blades, Knives, Blunted Back Tools, Borers, Burins and Points

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...

April 25, 2015

Assam awarded as Best e-Panchayat state on National Panchayati Raj Diwas

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...

April 25, 2015

25 April: World Malaria Day

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...

April 25, 2015