{"id":13361,"date":"2023-07-23T01:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T19:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2025-04-02T03:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:15:29","slug":"copper-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/copper-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Key Findings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Previous analyses of ancient genomic data have suggested that two major genetic turnover events occurred in Western Eurasia;<\/li>\n<li>One associated with the <strong>spread of farming around 7,000-6,000 BC<\/strong> and a second resulting from the <strong>expansion of pastoralist groups<\/strong> from the Eurasian steppe starting around 3,300 BC.<\/li>\n<li>The period between these two events, the Copper Age, was characterized by a new economy based on metallurgy, wheel and wagon transportation, and horse domestication.<\/li>\n<li>However, what happened between the demise of Copper Age settlements (around 4,250 BC) and the <strong>expansion of pastoralists is not well understood.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The recent study revealed that early contact and admixture between Copper Age farming groups <strong>from south-eastern Europe and Neolithic groups from the steppe<\/strong> zone in today\u2019s southern Ukraine, possibly starting in the 5,500 BC when settlement densities shifted further north.<\/li>\n<li>The early admixture during the Neolithic appears to be local to the NW Black Sea region of the fourth millennium BC and did not affect the hinterland in southeastern Europe.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About Copper Age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Chalcolithic period, also known as the <strong>Copper Age.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It describes a <strong>transitional period <\/strong>in human prehistory between the Neolithic period (New Stone Age) and the Bronze Age.<\/li>\n<li>It is characterized by the use of both stone tools and the beginning of metalworking, specifically the utilization of copper.<\/li>\n<li>One of the defining characteristics of this period is the simultaneous use of stone tools and early metal objects, primarily copper.<\/li>\n<li>In India, it spanned around <strong>2000 BC to 700 BC.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This culture was mainly <strong>seen in the Pre-Harappan phase<\/strong>, but at many places it extended to the Post-Harappan phase too.<\/li>\n<li>The people were <strong>mostly rural and lived near hills<\/strong> and rivers.<\/li>\n<li>The Chalcolithic culture corresponds to the farming communities, namely Kayatha, Ahar or Banas, Malwa, and Jorwe.<\/li>\n<li>The people of this age started doing <strong>animal husbandry and agriculture.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Apart from wheat, rice, they used to grow pulse crops like millet, lentil, urad and moong etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the Neolithic period?<\/h3>\n<p>The Neolithic period, also known as the New Stone Age, is a significant period in human history that represents the transition from a nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled agriculture and the domestication of plants and animals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/ancient-genomic-data-shed-light-on-the-demise-of-the-copper-age\/article67105996.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Ancient genomic data shed light on the demise of the Copper Age<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copper Age describes a transitional period in human prehistory between the Neolithic period (New Stone Age) and the Bronze 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