The Dawn of Civilization 



manner as do the lower animals today. They were then as 

 we are now both herbivorous and carnivorous in their use 

 of foods and they were gregarious and migratory in their 

 habits. As an additional protection against their enemies, 

 it is not unreasonable to suppose that their special senses, 

 like the wild animals of today, were more highly developed 

 than they are now in this artificial age where protection 

 against savage beasts or savage men is no longer a necessity. 



In the early periods of man's existence, his foods con- 

 sisted of the uncultivated products of the open plains and 

 forests, life from the lakes, streams and the ocean, and the 

 animals he was able to kill. Those living along the water 

 courses and the ocean made use of the clams, fish, oysters 

 and all other forms of aquatic life that they could acquire. 

 Judging the past by the lowest order of human life found 

 today such as that of the Australian Bushmen, it is reason- 

 able to assume that he also made use of worms, bugs and 

 grubs as a part of his daily diet. As early as the late Palaeo- 

 lithic Age, he had learned the art of making harpoons for 

 spearing fish. Wild berries, grain, nuts and the early forms 

 of all of our fruits and vegetables were used for food. He 

 was particularly fond of the marrow from the bones of the 

 animals and the uncovered rubbish heaps of Mousterian 

 man show that the bones of the large animals had nearly all 

 been split or cracked in order, to secure the delicious mar- 

 row. Whether this was a matter of necessity or taste we 

 do not know, but the fact remains that it was a common cus- 

 tom among the early tribes. 



The teeth of early Mousterian man furnish evidence 

 that he ate the buds of trees and plants much in the same 



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