What is the Movius Line?
Q: What is the Movius Line?
A: The Movius Line is a theoretical line drawn across northern India that shows a technological difference between the early prehistoric tool technologies of the east and the west of the Old World.
Q: Who proposed the Movius Line?
A: The American archaeologist Hallam L. Movius proposed the Movius Line in 1948.
Q: What did Movius notice about the palaeolithic stone tools from sites east of northern India?
A: Movius noticed that the palaeolithic stone tools from sites east of northern India never contained handaxes.
Q: What were the less formal implements known as chopping tools?
A: The less formal implements known as chopping tools were the prehistoric tools found in sites east of northern India that did not contain handaxes.
Q: How could the Acheulean tools from further west be described?
A: The Acheulean tools from further west could be described as true handaxes.
Q: What does fossil evidence suggest regarding the people who made the two different tool types across the Movius Line?
A: Fossil evidence suggests a difference in the evolutionary development of the people who made the two different tool types across the Movius Line.
Q: Is the existence of the Movius Line in terms of stone tool technology and human evolution explained?
A: No, the existence of the Movius Line in terms of stone tool technology and human evolution is still not explained.
