The Tetrapoda: Mammals 643 



Some 72,000 years ago a human being much like our present-day 

 mankind lived through much of Europe. There were several types of 

 these, the best known of which is Cro-Magnon man. These people were 

 chiefly hunters who used stones and sticks as weapons for killing prey. 

 The interesting feature of these people is the fact that they had some 

 slight degree of culture as attested by the paintings found in caves in 

 some sections of southern France. 



Cro-Magnon man is considered as the progenitor of the present- 

 day European population. However, it must not be assumed that there 

 was any one direct line that inexorably lead to our present-day human 

 beings. Rather there was much movement of populations from one area 

 to another, various lines and branches interbred, and undoubtedly many 

 groups simply disappeared. Modern-day man thus represents a blend- 

 ing of many racial types. 



