Which among the following sites provides evidence of domestication of animals in the Mesolithic period?
U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2018
A. Odai
B. Bori
C. Bagor
D. Lakhnia
Answer: Bagor
Option c is the correct answer.
Bagor is a site of late Mesolithic settlement in north-west India, where the earliest evidence of domestication of animals and fire was found. Bagor has three cultural phases, and the first phase, dated between 5000-2000 BCE, shows that the nomadic pastoralists of Bagor were engaged in animal husbandry. The site also yielded the remains of a domestic dog that shared the habitat with the stone age communities.
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A fossilized human baby skull in 2001, recovered from Odai in Bommayarpalayam in Tamil Nadu. It has been found to be 1.66 lakh years old, making it the second oldest human fossil in India. Baby skull from Odai belonged to Homo Sapiens of the middle Pleistocene period.
Bori is a town located in Pune district, Maharashtra, India. It is known for the discovery of some ancient human artefacts. The reported artefacts from Bori suggest the appearance of human beings in India around 1.4 million years ago (middle Pleistocene).