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Robert Bruce Foote finds Palaeolithic tool at Pallavaram

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Robert Bruce Foote finds Palaeolithic tool at Pallavaram
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Geologist Robert Bruce Foote discovered a Palaeolithic hand axe at Pallavaram near Madras, the first conclusive find of its kind in India.

Robert Bruce Foote of the Geological Survey of India found a stone hand axe at Pallavaram, near Madras, in 1863. It is regarded as India's first conclusively identified Palaeolithic stone tool. Foote went on to discover the site of Attirampakkam, associated with what came to be called the Madrasian culture. His work laid the foundation of prehistoric archaeology in the Madras Presidency and India.

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