Developing Into Social Order 



found. The change of climatic conditions was the neces- 

 sity that caused him to rob other animals of their protec- 

 tive coverings and adapt them to his use. 



When and how the art of weaving was invented, we 

 do not know, but primitive man learned that the wool and 

 hair of animals could be woven Into cloth that could be 

 used as a protective covering; that the bark of trees and 

 the fiber of plants could also be made into cloth that would 

 protect him from the cold. The skins of animals were 

 shaped and sewed about his feet for protection against the 

 cold and also against the rocks and thorns. But they were 

 mostly handmade until a few generations ago, when the 

 machine supplanted the hand loom and the cobbler's bench. 

 Hand weaving is still In use among benighted people, but 

 from these there have been developed the great textile mills 

 and shoe factories which produce the cloth and shoes that 

 furnish protection to human bodies In all civilized countries. 



The caves and other natural shelters were not sufficient 

 in numbers or space to accommodate and afford shelter to 

 the Increasing families or tribes, so necessity again demanded 

 additional shelter which must be artificially constructed. 

 Like the Instinct that directs the beaver to construct his 

 house In a particular way and the squirrel his nest, man 

 began to construct crude shelters that would give to him 

 greater protection from the elements. At first, animal like, 

 these were very crude. He made use of the overhanging 

 cliffs with the skins of animals used as a break against the 

 wind and rain. He constructed lodges of stones loosely laid 

 together and covered with bark, brush and grass. He made 



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