walk on its hind-legs and use its fore-paws as hands--and who were most probably

connected with the creatures who happen to be our own immediate ancestors.

 

It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness.

 

PREHISTORIC MAN

 

PREHISTORIC MAN BEGINS TO MAKE THINGS FOR HIMSELF.

 

EARLY man did not know what time meant. He kept no records of birthdays or

wedding anniversaries or the hour of death. He had no idea of days or weeks or

even years. But in a general way he kept track of the seasons for he had noticed

that the cold winter was invariably followed by the mild spring--that spring

grew into the hot summer when fruits ripened and the wild ears of corn were

ready to be eaten and that summer ended when sudden gusts of wind swept the

leaves from the trees and a number of animals were getting ready for the long

hibernal sleep.

 

But now, something unusual and rather frightening had happened.

 

Something was the matter with the weather. The warm days of summer had come very

late. The fruits had not ripened. The tops of the mountains which used to be

covered with grass now lay deeply hidden underneath a heavy burden of snow.

 

Then, one morning, a number of wild people, different from the other creatures