Editing Andhra Pradesh (section)

=== Pre-history===
Excavated stone tools from [[Hanumanthunipadu]] in [[Prakasam district|Prakasam]] district were dated to be 2.47 [[lakh]] (247,000) years old ([[Middle Paleolithic]]). This finding means that these tools were developed by archaic hominins (pre-humans) as such tools were thought to be used by modern man migrating out of Africa about 2.10 lakh (210,000) years ago. In the absence of fossil evidence, it became a riddle to understand what happened to them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=P. |first=Sujatha Varma |date=30 September 2022 |title=Ancient stone tools found in Prakasam lead to startling revelations |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ancient-stone-tools-found-in-prakasam-lead-to-startling-revelations/article65946249.ece |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 July 2024 |website=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=21 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721120534/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ancient-stone-tools-found-in-prakasam-lead-to-startling-revelations/article65946249.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The discovery of petroglyphs, pictographs, and dolmens in Chakrala Bodu, near Boyalapalli village in the Yerragondapalem mandal area of Prakasam district indicates the presence of Neolithic-age human settlements in the region.<ref>{{Cite news |last=IVNP |first=Prasad |date=17 November 2023 |title=Neolithic-age rock art, burial chambers discovered in Prakasam |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/Nov/17/neolithic-age-rock-art-burial-chambers-discovered-in-prakasam-2633669.html |access-date=21 July 2024 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |archive-date=21 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721121055/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2023/Nov/17/neolithic-age-rock-art-burial-chambers-discovered-in-prakasam-2633669.html |url-status=live }}</ref>