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was the first person to discover the Paleolithic tools at Pallavaram, Chennai in 1863.

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Sir Robert Brown
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Sir Robert Fanning
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Sir Robert Bruce
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The correct option is C Sir Robert Bruce
Sir Robert Bruce Foote, an English geologist was the first person to discover the Paleolithic tools at Pallavaram, Chennai in 1863. The tools are now preserved at the Chennai Museum. Hence, the hand axe assemblages were called the 'Madras Stone Tool Industry'.

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