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Primitive Man
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48 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1961
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August 24, 2024
PRIMITIVE MAN was easy enough for Homo Sapiens to read but Neanderthals or would have probably just used it for kindling. Considering that this little book was copyrighted in 1961 it still made for some interesting reading. As I used to tell my martial arts students, when you think you know everything is when you stop learning.
The story is told about how the earth was formed and how life evolved over millions and millions of years. Darwin and his theories are touched upon, and in a way they make sense. But is the Creator's hand mentioned in this? No, but who is to say what the length of a 'day' is to an eternal being?
A brief history is given of not only the rise of man but also the discoveries of those seeking to discover our past buried in the earth. The comings and goings of the glaciers are mentioned and how that affected the migrations of man and animals.
What is interesting is that the Neanderthals of the past had a lot in common with the Neanderthals of today. These stupid beings just left trash anywhere leaving telltale signs of where they have been. The prehistoric ones left bone fragments, chipped flint tools and paintings on the walls in the deep recesses of caves while the modern ones leave their beer cans and plastic food wrappers along our highways and spray paint their graffiti on walls of buildings.
I don't know what future archeologists will think when they uncover Bud Light beer cans or McDonald's wrappers years from now but the items found in caves shed some light on the use of tools and eating habits of the former inhabitants. Before man was a food producer (farmer) he hunted and gathered food. He traveled from place to place following the food source. Upon examining the bones found in caves it appeared that many of these beings were cannibals. Were they the enemy or just food of a last resort? We don't know, but some scientists think that the more intelligent beings killed off the others who were more savage and hostile.
An interesting point made was that some of these different 'races' may have intermarried or simply took mates.
A good point made, considering this was for children, was that although there are races in the human family, one needs to be careful not to interrupt this in the way the Nazis did concerning racial superiority.
The story is told about how the earth was formed and how life evolved over millions and millions of years. Darwin and his theories are touched upon, and in a way they make sense. But is the Creator's hand mentioned in this? No, but who is to say what the length of a 'day' is to an eternal being?
A brief history is given of not only the rise of man but also the discoveries of those seeking to discover our past buried in the earth. The comings and goings of the glaciers are mentioned and how that affected the migrations of man and animals.
What is interesting is that the Neanderthals of the past had a lot in common with the Neanderthals of today. These stupid beings just left trash anywhere leaving telltale signs of where they have been. The prehistoric ones left bone fragments, chipped flint tools and paintings on the walls in the deep recesses of caves while the modern ones leave their beer cans and plastic food wrappers along our highways and spray paint their graffiti on walls of buildings.
I don't know what future archeologists will think when they uncover Bud Light beer cans or McDonald's wrappers years from now but the items found in caves shed some light on the use of tools and eating habits of the former inhabitants. Before man was a food producer (farmer) he hunted and gathered food. He traveled from place to place following the food source. Upon examining the bones found in caves it appeared that many of these beings were cannibals. Were they the enemy or just food of a last resort? We don't know, but some scientists think that the more intelligent beings killed off the others who were more savage and hostile.
An interesting point made was that some of these different 'races' may have intermarried or simply took mates.
A good point made, considering this was for children, was that although there are races in the human family, one needs to be careful not to interrupt this in the way the Nazis did concerning racial superiority.
June 21, 2015
The third of the trio of the first of these books which I got. I loved the animals better than homo sapiens, needless to say. ;)
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