V. THE STORY OF MAN AND HIS CULTURE 



Hall of Man 



The Story of Man is an extensive and complicated 

 one. In the Museum are displayed several facets of 

 this complex story. There are exhibits suggesting his 

 origin, exhibits depicting his cultural development on 

 a world-wide scale. A great many exhibits on the 

 development of the American Indian and particularly 

 the Indian in Illinois are here, together with exhibits 

 touching on the high spots of our Indian, pioneer and 

 settler story in Illinois, and an entire section on man 

 and his artistic expressions. 



33. RISE OF MAN. An exhibit of the evolution- 

 ary development of the primate from the great apes 

 to man is graphically presented by a tree of life 

 placed over a time chart. On the trunk and branches 

 of the tree, placed in their proper sequence in time, 

 are casts of the important skulls so far discovered 

 showing the evolution of the modern primates as 

 they exist today. 



34. ANCIENT A3IERICAN INDIAN INDUS- 

 TRIES. Diagonally across the aisle is an exhibit de- 

 picting the weapons and tools of Illinois Indians and 

 how they were made, including examples of stone 

 chipping, polished and ground stone, drilled stone 

 and pottery. 



35. THE HOPEWELLIAN INDIAN. An exhibit 

 showing with carefully selected artifacts some of the 

 evidences of the great artistic skill, wide-spread 

 trade, and advanced cultural attainment of this out- 

 standing group of Woodland Indians who practiced 

 both hunting and agriculture, and who appear to 

 have dominated Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio about the 

 beginning of the Christian era. 



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