. Adventures with animals and plants. Biology. PROBLEM 5. The Stages of Mans Develop?nent on the Earth 5^9. Fig. 519 Some scientists believe that toward the end of Neandertal mart's develop- ment he iised spears tipped with flint. He was perhaps not so well formed or equipped as this artist has shown him. How long ago did Neandertal man live? (logan mu- seum, BELOIT college) The culture of Neandertal men repre- sents a great advance over the cultures of preceding primitive men. They not only used fire but they probably had learned to make fire. They were able to fashion a fair variety of flint
. Adventures with animals and plants. Biology. PROBLEM 5. The Stages of Mans Develop?nent on the Earth 5^9. Fig. 519 Some scientists believe that toward the end of Neandertal mart's develop- ment he iised spears tipped with flint. He was perhaps not so well formed or equipped as this artist has shown him. How long ago did Neandertal man live? (logan mu- seum, BELOIT college) The culture of Neandertal men repre- sents a great advance over the cultures of preceding primitive men. They not only used fire but they probably had learned to make fire. They were able to fashion a fair variety of flint tools. When they chipped flint they used the flakes, making- them into real tools that could be used for cutting, drilling, boring, and scraping. Judging from the tools they possessed, we believe that they wore skins as protection against the cold. When you have studied Figure 519, turn to Exercise 2. The location of the fossils shows that there were times when Neandertal men roamed about and other times when they lived in caves. It is beUeved that they took to the caves when the most recent ice age began. In these caves burial places have been found. This is probably a remarkable advance over previous prehistoric men; it indicates that the Neandertals must have had some special beliefs or thoughts about death. Neandertal men of various types must have lived on the earth for a long period of time, during the third warm inter- glacial period and well into the fourth or last ice age. For 75,000 or 100,000 years they inhabited Europe and West- ern Asia. Then about 25,000 years ago they seem to have disappeared. It is not known whether they became extinct at this time or whether they were at least partly absorbed by Homo sapiens, who appeared in Europe then. Homo sapiens appears on the scene. You know that Homo sapiens populates the earth today; all living men belong to this one species. They have lived on the earth for at least 25,000 years. We don't know where they came from, al
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