Maharashtra State Board Class 5 EVS From Shelters to Village-settlements Textbook Exercises and Extra Question and Answers.
Answer each of the following questions in one sentence.
(a) Which animals did the Homo sapiens mainly hunt?
(a) Homo sapiens mainly hunted smaller animals like wild boar, deer, mountain goats, and sheep.
(b) What is the characteristic of the New Stone Age?
(b) The characteristic of the New Stone Age is the beginning of agriculture and the establishment of permanent village settlements.
Give reasons for the following.
(a) The diet of Homo sapiens underwent a change.
(a) The diet of Homo sapiens underwent a change because big animals like mammoths were on the way to extinction due to overhunting and changing environmental conditions, leading to a shift toward hunting smaller animals and fishing.
(b) Homo sapiens needed to stay in one place over longer periods of time.
(b) Homo sapiens needed to stay in one place over longer periods of time because the practice of agriculture in the New Stone Age allowed them to produce and store foodgrains, eliminating the need for constant movement in search of food sources.
