Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c6.s15: Sohan Man
Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c6.s15
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Sohan Man
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Returning to the consideration of two main tool types and their distribution, we may say that Sohan Man preferred the periglacial foothills of the Panjab. Though originally he worked primarily on pebbles, he or his successors gradually took to manufacturing flake tools. Whether it was a natural, indigenous development, or due to new influences or arrival of man himself, cannot be definitely said on the present limited evidence. (*See Fig. 34*)
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Who was this Sohan Man racially? In the absence of skeletal remains, no positive answer can be given. But if his tools signify anything, then looking to their similarity with those from Burma, Java and China, it may be surmised that he belonged to the Sinanthropus or Pithecanthropus group. If so, he might have known fire, for the Pekin man knew fire. Probably he also died young, the mean age being 15-16 years; sex ratio was abnormal: 10 males to 8 females.¹⁴⁵
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¹⁴⁵ DUTTA, JATINDRA MOHAN. "Prehistoric Demography", M.I., Vol. 30, p. 269.