History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c10.s1.t5.2

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It may not be just a coincidence that the blade technology was perfected by the *Homo Sapiens* the proto-type of the modern man. Implements made on flakes though were common during many of the Lower Palaeolithic industries, it was the Middle Palaeolithic period in which flake element predominated and the technology of obtaining various forms of flakes were perfected. It is interesting to note that the prehistoric man, contemporary to this period, the Neanderthal man, had cranial capacity at times more than even some of the present day men.