Human beings evolved in Africa over millions of years and slowly spread across continents as hunter-gatherers. During the Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Age) from 500,000 BCE to 4,000 BCE, early humans were nomadic, subsisting as hunter-gatherers who used crude stone tools and weapons, lived in caves or natural shelters, and wore clothing made of animal skins or plant materials. They created some of the earliest art in vivid cave paintings between 40,000-35,000 BCE, and accidentally discovered how to control and use fire which provided protection and allowed cooked food.

2. Introduction
Human evolved gradully on Each over a million
years .
The process of evolution started in Africa
From here the early humans spread slowly
across the contients.
Early humans livied simple life
They were hunters and gathers
They hunted animals and gathered fruits , nuts
and roots to eat
The period of human history from around
500,000 BCE to 4,000 Bce .

3. THE OLD STONE AGE / PALAEOLITHIC AGE
* Humas begins were mainly nomads
* They moved one place to another
* The diet was raw meat along with
vegetables and fruits
* Expressive and often beautiful cave
painting started
* Around 40,000 to 35,000 BCE there was a
change in human behaviour

4. TOOLS AND WEAPONS
* The Palaeolitic humans made simple and crude stone tools
and weapons to protect themselves and to make their lives
easier (EX : Axe, heads hammers and choppers )
* The other type of weapons used at this time was the
spheroid – a stone ball that might have been used to bring
down animals from a distance

5. SHELTER ,CLOTHING AND ART
* They used animl skin , barks of treesand leaves to make their clothing
•They lived in caves , trees and natural rock shelter
No monuments of that immense period of pre history , the end of the old
stone age vivid and beautiful cave painting in various sites around the world
ex : Altamira in Spain and Lascaux in France
Bhimbetka from Bhopal
Life- like sculptures of animals and figure of mother goddess have also
been found

6. DISCOVERY OF FIRE AND WHEEL
* Humans Accidently discovered how to control and use fire
this truned out to be one of the most important discoveries
made by humans
* Fire could protect them from wild animals
* They must also have found cooked food softer and easier
to eat and may be tastier

8. PALAEOLITHIC SITES IN INDIA