Question

The earliest evidence of humans is available in Tamil Nadu around _____ years ago.
A. $3 - 2.5$ million
B. $2.5 - 2$ million
C. $2 - 1.5$ million
D. $1.5 - 0.5$ million

Answer 1

Hint: In recent decades, the oldest known stone tools were discovered near the village in Attirampakkam, Tamil Nadu, India. This discovery has tormented the theory of homo sapiens reaching India from Africa and it shifts back to the date for around more than $50,000$ years.

Complete answer: A large number of stone tools have been found near the village Attirampakkam, which is located $60$ kilometers away from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The stone tools are the oldest known tools in India.
Previously, the Indian Middle Stone Age was dated to be about $140,000$ years ago. After the excavation of over $7,000$ stone tools in Attirampakkam, having advanced blades, points, and scrapers, a revised date of the emergence of Middle Stone Age Culture has been suggested to be around $385,000$ years back. It is roughly the same time when the Middle Palaeolithic Culture is known to have developed in Africa and Europe. The researchers challenged the current known Middle Stone Age of India after studying over $7000$ stone artifacts and the tools collectively gave the idea of the shift of the Palaeolithic strategies from the Acheulean technology or method to Levallois technique as there were sharp blades and points. So, the artefacts, in total, date around $385,000\left( { \pm 64,000} \right)$ years back in the era of humankind.

Note: The Middle Palaeolithic period is known to be an important cultural phase related to modern humans and other archaic hominins. Due to the lack of any fossils, it is quite impossible to detect the species which used these tools but it is claimed to be of hominins by a general idea as the Indian subcontinent lies between East Africa, Dmanisi in Georgia, and Sangiran in Southeast Asia.