Question

Tick (✔) the activities that were performed by early humans. Cross out (✖) the ones which were not.

1.	Making fire	6.	Watching television
2.	Hunting animals	7.	Making tools of stone
3.	Writing on clay tablets	8.	Reading books
4.	Chopping meat	9.	Skinning animals
5.	Surfing the Internet	10.	Painting on cave walls

Answer 1

From the given table, following were the activities that were performed by early humans:
1. Making fire
2. Hunting animals
4. Chopping meat
7. Make tools of stone
9. Skinning animals
10. Painting on cave walls

Explanation: The above mentioned activities were done by the early humans. The early humans discovered fire by rubbing two flint stones against each other. They used to make fires in front of the caves to scare away wild animals. They used to hunt wild animals, skin them and chop them. They survived on food that was hunted and gathered.
Tools made from flint stones and animal bones were used for various purposes.
They also used to paint on cave walls for their recreation. They used to express their feelings, events, surroundings, way of life through the paintings.
Writing on clay tablets developed at a later stage. The other activities such as surfing the internet, watching television and reading books are modern day innovations.