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The Early Cave-Men

by Katharine Elizabeth DOPP (1863 - 1944)

16 - What the Cave-men Lost in the Flood; 17 - The Council; 18 - The Way to the Fire Country

The People Who Wanted To Live in Caves. This little book takes us back to the time when our ancestors lived, or wanted to live, in caves. Unfortunately the caves of that time were mostly used by large animals like the Sabre Toothed Tiger and bears who could easily kill and eat our ancestors. Thus the subtitle of this book is The Age of Combat. This book, aimed at children, tries to show how certain things could have taken place to enable our species to eke out a living alongside the much stronger beasts, such as why we wanted to live in caves; the hazards and rewards of living in caves; the taming of fire; and how early tools were invented. This book follows on The Tree Dwellers, and is followed by The Later Cave-Men. - Summary by Phil Chenevert

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Listen next episodes of The Early Cave-Men:
19 - How Firekeeper Made the Skin Water Bag; 20 - Why Firekeeper Made a Door; 21 - The Stranger that Came Toward the Cave , 22 - The Journey to the Fire Country; 23 - The Return from the Fire Country; 24 - Strongarm Makes a Great Discovery , 25 - How the Cave-men Received Strongarm; 26 - The Thanksgiving Feast; 27 - What the Women Got from Spruce Trees , 28 - How the Women Made Splints for Baskets; 29 - How the Women Wove Splints; 30 - How the Women Colored their Baskets , 31 - How the Cave-men Carried their Burdens; 32 - A Mammoth Hunt; 33 - How the Cave-men Divided the Mammoth , 34 - Strongarm Tells Firekeeper His Secret; 35 - How People Know What the Cave-men Did