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The microlithic occupation there is the last one, as the Stone Age started there with Acheulian times. These rock shelters have been used to light fires even up to recent times by the tribals. This is re-fleeted in the scatter of 14C dates from Bhimbetka
the rock shelter site of Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh exhibits the earliest traces of human life