. Europe and other continents . atural races showmost dependenceupon their surround-ings. Some of thosein the tropical zonefind very little cloth-ing necessary (, 61, and 87).Others clothe them-selves in bark, assome of the Germanicpeople of Europe didin early times. Inthe cold climatesskins are used, asamong many of ourEuropean ancestors,and at the presenttime among the Eski-mos, Lapps, Fuegians,and some of the NorthAmerican Indians. What other reason than cold would leadthese people to use fur-bearing skins ? From the use of such simple natural products it is but astep to crude hand m
. Europe and other continents . atural races showmost dependenceupon their surround-ings. Some of thosein the tropical zonefind very little cloth-ing necessary (, 61, and 87).Others clothe them-selves in bark, assome of the Germanicpeople of Europe didin early times. Inthe cold climatesskins are used, asamong many of ourEuropean ancestors,and at the presenttime among the Eski-mos, Lapps, Fuegians,and some of the NorthAmerican Indians. What other reason than cold would leadthese people to use fur-bearing skins ? From the use of such simple natural products it is but astep to crude hand manufacture; then follows manufacture bymachinery, run first by hand or foot (Fig. 58), .then by waterpower, and finally by steam and electric power. Doubtless atfirst such native products as the wool of animals, the fibre ofwood, wild cotton, and flax were used; then plants and animalswere raised for their fibre and hair. Even the insects are calledupon to aid man in his attempt to clothe himself; for silk isused in many Fig. rain coats. THE HUMAN BACE 87 The Development of Language. — There are hundredsof different languages among the races of the earth, andno one knows their origin and history. In the very ear-liest times about which we know there were vast differencesof speech ; and even since history began to be recorded, thespeech of na-tions has greatlychanged. Forexample, theGreek and Ital-ian languagesof to-day arevery differentfrom the Greekand Latin of twothousand yearsago. This being thecase, it is easy tosee how, if timeenough is granted, races separated by the sea, mountains,or desert will slowly give up old words and evolve new is thought to be the origin of the many different lan-guages of the globe. How are these differences in languageimportant in checking commerce and preventing sympathyof one nation for another ? Many natural races have no written language; others havea kind of picture writing (Fig. 69) ; that is, they represen
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