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torlirU ptintlm found
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uim Botblnf Uua too itory of
U first ma toM br hlniKlt.
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PnM of Prlnco Albert of Houaeo, and
tb rwulu arc published b aim la
sumptuous volumes. .
The first sun's story of himself be
fins l a picture of his own hand
irswa by himself, sbowini that te
e as powerful is s wild beast, jret
possessed of very considerable arti
tse skUL Then there ia a bead,
also drawa br himself. Hs has the
tremendous protruding cbla of the
sreat ape, but ha has also a remark
ably lone boss. Indicating great in
telligence, as Inquiring mind and a
tendency to acquire property Ttea
we eaa tell from these drawings how
he grew tired of csve dwelling and '
learned to build outside. It is eiU
, mated that he 13ed over Z00.009
years ago.
It is a left hand that the prehis
toric man traced from his own body,
this fact alone proving that evea so
early man was using his right hand
more easily then the left He put the
left hand flown oa the rock, traced
around It .with a sharpened bit of
ochre, sad after Ufung his hand filled
st the outlines, ao as to give a real
picture of the hand of this first man.
. This hand Is ia itself a wonderful '
else to the character, utility and ap
pearance of this first man, according
to scientists, who analyse each fut
ure of It. and draw a conclusion
therefrom.
The thumb indicates by Its weO-de-teloped
tip the strong win power and
tremendous physique of this
The heavy base is particularly an
dJcaUoa of his strong anlmaUty
gve full rein to hit animal passlona,
and enforced them by his enormous
wilL Only death could prevent film
from securing the matt tor whom ha
was looking.
To the surprise of science It la seen
that the first finger Is longer than the
others. The second, though smaller,
la a surprisingly artlatlo and cultured
finger, going to show that the owner
of this hand was the artist who drew
many of the picture oa the walla of
the cave, and that he was, indeed, the ,
architect who was capable of deelgn
Ing the first house built outside tho
cava as well as the wall which was
to serve as the defence against wild
animals or other mem.
The third finger la strong and weO
developed, showing a strong tendency
toward culture, and the Uttle finger
la surprisingly, wefl grows. Taken
altogether, the band shows the sclen
Ufio student that n this maa waa
a composite being, strong U pas
ties and win, yet advancing oa the
read to culture. It la one of the most
Interesting and valuable discoveries
bearing on the character of prehia
torle maa that have over beet surfe
it was this hand that crudely drew .
the picture of the man's fact, tutting
It Into the rock to that It hat lasted
an these many oenturles.
This first, cnas. who lived ni the
caverns of tht Font dt Oaamt, Is
France, survived because of hit
strength and his brain. Hs trapped
and slew the mighty cava bear with
his rude stone Implements, and hit
matt tewed the skin together with
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"Whea be nought a matt It was wot
' with the gentle wooing of modern
sua Ha watched tht cava of Mint
other man, and. teeing there a "ft
oaala of tht specie.' he waited per
tape aatfl tht man had gone away,
and then with msny a Mow and strug
. git he dragged tht fighting, tcratca-
ing woman to his cave and held her
there. Oftea st had to fight her
whole family.
He won becauee aefeadthestrengtn,
and from that day ah served la tht
The Earuett Tjbtrajt or Tttutia mm;
HXwCkaww by Hrw dthe Qvekk
cr rHeTatti-va'QNJtvs,.
did. When tht first maa enured'the
cava under the mountals be drovt out
tht bears that had found shelter there
and then hastened to does tht ta-'
trance with b ranches of trttt that ht
dragged la front of tie opening, so
that the heart might tot coma la
gain. ,
The maa with this "powerful hand
and remarkable fact was toon "---.
unea wiia cars ana outside r
Ht wanted mora, and ha begi -roMtlcated
first oat, then am i
tht aaimaia about him, th&.
niight help to drag his burdens t-: .
bocne and serve In any way ha wl
Bo ha designed a-eorral, and laid o
apecial qnarters for hi '' th
thty might always ht at hit dispose.
A CweT&ks Swrrc-.
the Ijiakt Sloth
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OwcMems Sketches or-rHErtRST
' Our-Dooe Houses Scratched otV
ihe'vAlls or the; Overt
cavt, keeping the fire alight, cooking
what tht malt had slain, often aiding
htm to bear home the heavy carcass
of the bison, cut up where it fell,
some distance from tht home.
From tht hard Bint ht knocked off
sharp splinters and made them sharp
er stni to tip his arrows and lances,
and at tht Uttle one came it waa tht
mother that made the sUa clothes ta
keep them warm.
Only ia the depth of Winterdld he
live deep la the cava. He toon
Mught tht tun when Spring came,
and if the cave was shallow this first
maa learned to build a roof, just over
tht entrance, to let the woman and
her children have more of tht sir '
and sunshine, weaving the branches
of trees together and fttlng their ends
by tht aid of his stout tools.
Ht left pictures or Hie first
bouses, which disprove tht. theory of
CWrcr tkc Vaesr MaKS
Fiis or Hts Out Doore,
TbjenrccAXtoNS.
some modern scientists, who thought
that he had not trains enough to malt
a home, but could only utilise tht
ready-made homes he found in caves.
He was architect ss well as hunter,
artist and father of the family. ;
That tht making of the roof was a
great triumph tor the first man la evi
dent from the tact that K Is pictured
frequently. That he knew how te bar
the entrance to care or dwelling' "was
taken for granted, for this waa the
very earliest constructive work, ht
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