What are the achievements of the Paleolithic era?

Perhaps the main achievement of the Paleolithic era is the emergence of a modern type of man in the course of evolution. It happened about 40 thousand years ago.

If we talk about material culture, then a person has learned to make tools of labor. He began to use new production technologies, the so-called insert technology. Labor tools have become more sophisticated, smaller and more functional. In the manufacture of tools, not only stones were used, but also bone and wood.

Man learned how to make fire, build dwellings, and sew clothes. He learned to hunt and collect edible grains and berries. That is, he learned to take from nature everything necessary for survival.

The first religious performances, rock paintings, and the first musical instruments appeared in the spiritual sphere. He learned the simplest sculpture, carving figurines of animals and people from bone or stone.