An introduction to the study of social evolution; the prehistoric period . black, yellow and white.*^The bison in figure 40 is done in warm sepia with brightburnt sienna running into the sepia and becoming art is generally remarkably realistic and the ani-mals are often represented as in active motion.*^ This cave art is the most striking achievement ofpaleolithic man. It suffered eclipse, however, with thepassing of the fashion of cavern life; men began to devotetheir energies to other activities. One should keep inmind that the period of the cave men was in general aperiod in whic


An introduction to the study of social evolution; the prehistoric period . black, yellow and white.*^The bison in figure 40 is done in warm sepia with brightburnt sienna running into the sepia and becoming art is generally remarkably realistic and the ani-mals are often represented as in active motion.*^ This cave art is the most striking achievement ofpaleolithic man. It suffered eclipse, however, with thepassing of the fashion of cavern life; men began to devotetheir energies to other activities. One should keep inmind that the period of the cave men was in general aperiod in which the climate of Europe was extremelycold. Large sections of the northern part of the conti-nent were under ice, and from the highlands of the south-ern part of the continent glaciers extended down intothe valleys, giving rise to glacial streams. It was theage of the mammoth, reindeer, elk, hyena, of the wildhorse, the chamois, and the goat. Men and animals must,have been driven southward to a warmer zone by the 41 See figures 38 and 39. 42 gee diagram in figure 41. /n. From Birkner, Der Diinvialo , in Europa. Figure 35. Bone Harpoons and Engravings on Bone of tl,e Magdalenian Epoch. 86 SOCIAL EVOLUTION F


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