. Adventures with animals and plants. Biology. PROBLEM 5. The StctQ,es of 3/j//'y Developiiiciit 011 the : Fig. 521 Drailing found in a cave in Spain. What does this show about the cul- ture of Cro-Magnon men? (AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NAT- URAL history). mav" have hollowed the earth and lined this depression with skins. Like the ear- lier species these men knew how to make weapons and tools of chipped flint but they made use of new materials, too, bone and ivory. Thus Homo sapiens, twenty thousand years ago, could fash- ion darts and pointed instruments like awls and large sewing needles
. Adventures with animals and plants. Biology. PROBLEM 5. The StctQ,es of 3/j//'y Developiiiciit 011 the : Fig. 521 Drailing found in a cave in Spain. What does this show about the cul- ture of Cro-Magnon men? (AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NAT- URAL history). mav" have hollowed the earth and lined this depression with skins. Like the ear- lier species these men knew how to make weapons and tools of chipped flint but they made use of new materials, too, bone and ivory. Thus Homo sapiens, twenty thousand years ago, could fash- ion darts and pointed instruments like awls and large sewing needles. Skins were sewed and substantial clothing worn. These early men were expert hunt- ers and fishermen, so that food must have been more plentiful in spite of the arctic conditions against which they were sometimes obliged to struggle. The large supply of food led to more leisure. There was time for luxuries as well as for the necessities of life. Bone and ivory were shaped into beads and personal adornments of various sorts. Cro-Mag- non men developed the art of painting and sculpture to a very high degree. Many of the objects thev used and the inner portions of their caves were often decorated, perhaps not so much to satisfy an artistic sense as belief in magic. That Homo sapiens of about 25,000 years ago had some sort of social organi- zation is shown by recent discoveries in Moravia in the Balkan peninsula. The site of an ancient villacre was uncovered. Here were living quarters with fire- places in front of what must once have been houses of some sort, a large work- shop where the men could gather to fashion tools, and huge refuse pits con- taining bones of mammoths, horses, and reindeer. Countless artifacts were un- earthed, including household utensils such as spoons and two-pronged forks. The Old Stone Age. Let us briefly ex- amine the history of civilization as we know it. The first period in this long history was the Old Stone Age (Paleo- lithic — pay-lee-oh-lith'ic)
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