FROM PRIMITI\ F, TO MODFRN MAN 745 



csthftic scnsi' ol till' artist, and liiiall\ Icanu'd the ]:)rarticc'.s ol agricultuiv, 

 inori' or K'ss dilinitilx set tlu- indiistnal torniula accordin"; to wliicli lie 

 dc'xi'lopc'd inipk'iiU'iits adapted to eaili ol tlu-st' pursuits. His j^ast has tluTi'- 

 toie been subdixick'd Into periods eliaraeteri/ed b\ the prest'iiee ol imple- 

 ments mdieatmg these spiciali/A'd aeti\ities. The seNcral periods hear the 

 names ol f-ri'iieh stations or towns near whieh the diseo\-eries ol the imph-- 

 meiits ha\ e bii'ii niaile. Here tlu' Ireiu'h areheologists ha\'e so sueeesstull\' 

 dc'N'oted tlu'inseUes to the eilort ol hringinii order out ol ehaos that thev have 

 established a ehroiiolofiy whieh is aeeepted as a workinij; basis ol the evolu- 

 tional j:)rogress ol man's aeti\it\ in the lonp j)eriods ol his |)rehistoric 

 existence. 



CL LTLKAL PlRSllTS OF THE MEN BEFORE THE OLD STONE AGE 



Man's lirst great ejjoeh on earth was the Paleolithic or the Old Stone 

 Age. In this era, whieh began at some time m the Fust Interglacial Period, 

 ins sole impK'iiients we're those (K'xised liom Hint or other kinds ol stones, 

 wood, ear\ed ixorv and bone. Two subdivisions ol this age are recognized in 

 the Lowi'r Paleolithic and the I ppt'r Pak'olithic. The Old Stone Age was 

 lollowed by the ,\c(ililhic which began m postglacial tmu'S, and then eame 

 the productiN'i' transitional eras which led rapidl\ up to tin- thresholds of 

 history through the Bronze and Iron Ages. 



Pre-Paleolithic .Mi-.\. Long Ix'Tore the beginning of tlu- Old Stone 

 Age, at sonu' t ime during the First Glacial Period (beginning 1 ,o()(),()(){) years 

 ago), the oldest known representative ol human kind had li\ed upon the 

 earth. It was his lossil ix'mams which Dr. Fugt'ii Dubois discoxered in Ja\'a 

 that led to the recognition ol this I rinil race, now technically known as 

 Pithecanthropus erectus. Little ma\ be said ol his cultural de\ elo])mcnt, 

 although some authorities be'lie\'e that he made use ol the \ e'r\ primitu'e 

 implements called eoliths. 



