Arrange the sequence of the stages of human progress in order of their occurrence.
(A) The Palaeolithic Age
(B) The Chalcolithic Age
(C) The Neolithic Age
(D) The Mesolithic Age
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (D), (C), (B)
(A) The Palaeolithic Age — the Old Stone Age, the earliest stage, from about 2 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago. People were hunter-gatherers using rough stone tools.
(D) The Mesolithic Age — the Middle Stone Age, about 12,000 to 10,000 years ago, when tiny stone tools called microliths came into use.
(C) The Neolithic Age — the New Stone Age, from about 10,000 years ago, with farming, herding, polished stone tools and settled villages.
(B) The Chalcolithic Age — the Copper-Stone Age, which followed the Neolithic, when people began to use copper tools along with stone ones.