SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How do archaeologists learn about the earliest hunter-gatherer humans?
A
Studying their poems and farms.
B
Studying the stories of the past.
C
Studying fossils and artifacts.
D
Studying their songs and literature.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Archaeologists use artifacts and features to learn how people lived in specific times and places. They want to know what these people’s daily lives were like, how they were governed, how they interacted with each other, and what they believed and valued.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archaeologists are scientists who study the humans of the historic or prehistoric times. They do this by studying artifacts that are found buried under the ground.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeologists can excavate ancient structures and burial sites and begin to infer how the people lived from fossils (like human remains) and artifacts (human-made items). Archaeologists can estimate the age of fossils and artifacts through several techniques.

Detailed explanation-4: -Archaeologists can give us a glimpse into our prehistoric ancestors by studying the artifacts they left behind. Artifacts can be any number of things that tell us about how these early peoples lived, worshiped, what the environment was like that they lived in, what they ate, and what type of homes they lived in.

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