Humans in South India , belonging to the species of Homo erectus , lived in this primitive ` old stone age ' ( Palaeolithic ) for quite a long time , using only crude implements such as hand axes and choppers and subsisting as hunter-gatherers .
Humans in South India , belonging to the species of Homo erectus , lived in this primitive ` old stone age ' ( Palaeolithic ) for quite a long time , using only crude implements such as hand axes and choppers and subsisting on food he hunted and gathered instead of actively growing it according to his needs .