Prehistory means literally "before history", from the Latin word for "before," præ, and Greek ιστορία. Human prehistory is the period from the time that behaviorally and anatomically modern humans first appear until the appearance of recorded history following the invention of writing systems. Since both the time of settlement of modern humans and the evolution of human civilisations, differ from region to region, prehistory starts and ends at different moments in time, depending on the region concerned.
The prehistoric people were basically nomads. The men used to hunt and hence were called the “hunters” and the women used to gather fruits and were hence called the “gatherers”. They started wearing animal skin and animal hair. Animal skin give them warmth. They also wore leaves and grass sometimes. 
To show the same clothing style our students used muslin and artificial fur. To get the effect , they dyed the muslin. They used jute (the material of jute sacks, usually called “gonis” to get an authentic look. They applied fevicryl brown paint to have the desired look on muslin, applied charcoal for the rustic look on the costumes, sutali (thin jute rope) stone and pebbles for ornamentation.
For shoes jute have been used, and cane grass have been used for stuffing shoes which was used to keep the feet warm during winters. Bamboos have been used to make the tent and muslin to cover it. There are cave paintings done on the muslin cloth to give the ‘prehistoric’ effect.
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