A Story Outline of Evolution 



at that early date, stood at the head of the animal kingdom. 

 This slow thinking race, whose members were still half ani- 

 mal, half human, had begun to use artificial weapons to aid 

 them in their struggle — weapons of wood, bone and stone to 

 supplement the force of their powerful jaws and teeth. Their 

 fossil intelligence is passed on to us in the form of the crudest 

 implements known, the eoliths, the stones of the dawn. 



• The idea that was put into action by chipping a piece of 

 flint into a sharp edged weapon or tool, became contagious. 

 It was passed on from family to neighbor, neighbor to tribe 

 and from tribe to the most distant tribes. A useful thought 

 had become a heritage for the ages. The original discovery 

 was improved upon and the skill of brain and fingers devel- 

 oped new tools and weapons and these in turn led to new 

 and useful discoveries. It has been stated that our civiliza- 

 tion began when man first struck a spark of fire from a flint 

 or shaped it into a sharp-edged tool. If this was the begin- 

 ning of our civilization, then civilization began during a 

 period when the physical form of the human was vastly 

 different from what it now is. 



It must be remembered that climatic conditions of Europe 

 were far different from what they now are when the first 

 flint tools and weapons were made. The saber-toothed tiger, 

 mammoth, cave bear, cave lion and many other, now extinct 

 animals roamed and occupied the forests of Europe at that 

 time. The herd instinct of man was fully developed at this 

 time as a matter of self-defense and protection of his species. 

 In just what manner these early races with their crude wea- 

 pons outwitted and overcame these dangerous and fierce 

 beasts of the forests before the coming of the spear and the 



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