PROBLEM 5. The Stages of Mail's Development on the Earth 579 



2. After studying Figure 519 answer these questions. Why is it be- 

 lieved that Neandertal men \\'ore skins? Why is it beheved that these 

 skins were not fashioned into real clothes? Which animals are illustrated? 

 Why does the artist depict these rather than other animals? What other 

 questions to which you would like an answer come to your mind? 



3. Discuss these problems in class: {a) How might speech speed up the 

 development of cultures? {b) Wow might a study of the cultures of prim- 

 itive peoples living today help to explain the development of early man? 



4. What nationaUties and which races are represented in your class? 

 List them all. How many pupils are descended from more than one racial 

 group? If you have representatives of several races in your class of what 

 advantage is this to you? 



Further Activities in Biology 



1. By the examination of ruins scientists have been able to discover that 

 the Incas and Mayas of this continent had complex religions, a well- 

 developed social organization, and were good scientists. Read up on them 

 and report to the class. 



2. Take pictures of pupils who represent the various racial groups. 

 Take pictures of pupils of various nationalities. Do those of the same na- 

 tionaUty resemble each other? Do those of the same racial group resemble 

 each other? 



3. If you draw well, paint murals showing the development of man. 



4. Various peoples have contributed to modern culture. Divide the 

 class into committees to learn about the culture of the Chinese, the early 

 Egyptians, the Babylonians, and the Greeks. 



5. If flint, bone, or even ordinary hard rock can be obtained, try to 

 produce artifacts like those made by primitive man. Are you as successful 

 as he? 



