Prehistoric Humans and Lower Paleolithic India

📋 Course Outline

1. Earth History and Human Emergence
2. Stone Age Classification
3. Early Human Species
4. Lower Paleolithic Cultures
5. Soan Valley Archaeology
6. Acheulean Sites in Southern India
7. Paleolithic Sites Across India
8. Tools and Prehistoric Evidence

📅 Key Dates

1. May 1863Robert Bruce Foote discovered a hand axe at Pallavaram near Madras, the first recognized Paleolithic tool found in India.
2. 1865John Lubbock divided the Stone Age into the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods in his book “Pre-historic Times.”
3. 1870Édouard Lartet divided the Paleolithic into the Early or Lower, Middle, and Upper Paleolithic periods.
4. 1928D. N. Wadia first excavated the Soan Valley and recovered tools from the culture.

📖 1. Earth History and Human Emergence

★ Must-know

• The Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, whereas the human species emerged approximately 200,000 years ago.

Further detail

• Geologists have divided the history of the Earth into four eras.

💡 Memory Hook

Earth: 4.5 billion years; humans: only 200,000 years

📖 2. Stone Age Classification

📝 Essential Points