INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He found a hand-axe at Pallavaram and a cleaver at Attirampakkam. They were paleolithic tools. Human beings fashioned them out of stones more than five lakh years to 15 lakh years ago. Foote’s discovery revolutionised the study of India’s pre-history.

Detailed explanation-2: -But stone tools unearthed in Attirampakkam have been found to be 385, 000 years old. It has been thought that the Indian Middle Palaeolithic culture developed 90, 000-140, 000 years ago and was closely tied to the dispersal of modern humans from Africa.

Detailed explanation-3: -In all likelihood, Attirampakkam’s oldest Middle Paleolithic layer-and its stone tool contents-are at least 250, 000 years old, the team reports.