The Dawn of Civilization 



beasts of his time bear evidence of the hazards of the chase. 

 His inventive genius was directed to perfecting weapons 

 that would give to him both meat and mastery in his strug- 

 gle for existence. He learned that the giant brute force 

 of the forest had to be met with the force of mind. 



He soon learned that flint rock could be chipped into a 

 sharp and pointed instrument and this could be fastened in 

 the end of a shaft thus making a spear that could be stabbed 

 or thrown into the body of a beast with deadly effect. This 

 invention is still in use among all of the uncivilized tribes at 

 the present time. 



Man had no powerful organs of attack or defense or 

 muscular strength suflicient to enable him to meet in combat, 

 on an equal footing, with the wild beasts of the forests. 

 Their superior strength together with their tusks, teeth, 

 claws and horns gave to them an advantage and made him 

 an unequal competitor in asserting right of possession to 

 some favorite watering place or food supply. To overcome 

 these advantages possessed by the wild animals, he had to 

 depend on the quickness of motion and his ability to climb 

 as a means of safety when pursued or attacked. 



These advantages possessed by the wild beasts caused 

 him to be on the alert against danger at all times. There 

 was developed in him a cunning for the purpose of out- 

 witting and deceiving his enemies. Many hunters of the 

 present time use deceptive methods of luring within gunshot 

 range the game they kill. The bull moose may be lured by 

 imitating the call of the cow with a birch bark horn. Wild 

 turkeys and ducks may be lured by artificial imitative calls. 

 Many of the wild animals at the present time such as the 



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