Thousands of years ago people did not know how to build houses and therefore lived in stone caves. However, it should be noted that the very first inhabitants of the caves even looked little like us. Modern scientists call these creatures Neanderthals. In 1856, the remains of several people were dug up in a limestone cave located in the Neander River valley in Germany. This is how the skeletons of primitive people were discovered for the first time, preserved entirely due to the fact that the ancient cave dwellers buried their dead. As you might guess, they were called Neanderthals in honor of the Neanderthal area where their remains were found.
Scientists believe that Neanderthals lived for about 70,000 years in Central Asia, the Middle East and many regions of Europe. They appeared on Earth about 100,000 years ago.
What did a typical Neanderthal look like? He was a strong, squat man. His face was very different from the face of a modern person: flat cheekbones, a heavy, far protruding jaw, a low forehead and an almost absent chin - this is the portrait of a normal Neanderthal. Early Neanderthals may have lived outdoors during the warming period between ice ages. However, after a new cold snap, they moved under the cave arches and learned to fight the cold.
Many hearths found in caves prove that these people used fire to warm them and protect them from predators. It is also very likely that they cooked food on it.
Neanderthals knew how to make not only hand axes, but also flint tools. The latter were wide fragments of stones with well-honed edges. Some of them were shaped like irregular triangles and were apparently used as knives for skinning and cutting the flesh of killed animals. It is possible that Neanderthal hunters also had wooden spears that were pointed at the end.
And finally, one very interesting detail about the Neanderthals: their brain was larger in volume than the brain of a modern person!
At the end of the Ice Age, the Cro-Magnons - descendants of the Neanderthals, whose appearance was already much more similar to the appearance of modern people - began to move to Europe. They bear this name only because the remains of these cave dwellers were found in the town of Cro-Magnon in the south of France. Also interesting is the fact that specialists who studied the remains and skeletons of these cave dwellers discovered that they were quite civilized and intelligent people. If they lived today, they could become scientists, statesmen or businessmen.
These people lived in turbulent times, surrounded by wild animals and other dangers. But despite this, they found time to make beautiful drawings on the walls of the caves. These drawings have reached our time, are well preserved and delight us with their beauty and skillful technique.
These people had a well-developed social life. They lived as families. But since they began to hunt in groups, they had to unite into tribes. They believed in the afterlife: that the dead could rise and be reborn in another world.
Gradually they created more advanced stone tools and new weapons. They learned to carve a spear and harpoon from horn and bone. They also invented arrows for guns. Women learned to process skins and sew clothes from them using bone needles. As we see, these people had intelligence and reached a high stage of development.
Thousands of years ago people did not know how to build houses and therefore lived in stone caves. However, it should be noted that the very first inhabitants of the caves even looked little like us. Modern scientists call these creatures Neanderthals.
In 1856, the remains of several people were excavated from a limestone cave located in the Neander River valley in Germany. This is how the skeletons of primitive people were discovered for the first time, preserved entirely due to the fact that the ancient cave dwellers buried their dead. As you might guess, they were called Neanderthals in honor of the Neanderthal area where their remains were found.
Scientists believe that Neanderthals lived for about 70,000 years in Central Asia, the Middle East and many regions of Europe. They appeared on Earth about 100,000 years ago.
What did a typical Neanderthal look like? He was a strong, squat man. His face was very different from the face of a modern person: flat cheekbones, a heavy, far protruding jaw, a low forehead and an almost absent chin - this is the portrait of a normal Neanderthal. Early Neanderthals may have lived outdoors during the warming period between ice ages. However, after a new cold snap, they moved under the cave arches and learned to fight the cold.
Many hearths found in caves prove that these people used fire to warm them and protect them from predators. It is also very likely that they cooked food on it.
Neanderthals knew how to make not only hand axes, but also flint tools. The latter were wide fragments of stones with well-honed edges. Some of them were shaped like irregular triangles and were apparently used as knives for skinning and cutting the flesh of killed animals. It is possible that Neanderthal hunters also had wooden spears that were pointed at the end.
And finally, one very interesting detail about the Neanderthals: their brain was larger in volume than the brain of a modern person!
At the end of the Ice Age, the Cro-Magnons - descendants of the Neanderthals, whose appearance was already much more similar to the appearance of modern people - began to move to Europe. They bear this name only because the remains of these cave dwellers were found in the town of Cro-Magnon in the south of France. Also interesting is the fact that specialists who studied the remains and skeletons of these cave dwellers discovered that they were quite civilized and intelligent people. If they lived today, they could become scientists, statesmen or businessmen.
These people lived in turbulent times, surrounded by wild animals and other dangers. But despite this, they found time to make beautiful drawings on the walls of the caves. These drawings have reached our time, are well preserved and delight us with their beauty and skillful technique.
These people had a well-developed social life. They lived as families. But since they began to hunt in groups, they had to unite into tribes. They believed in the afterlife: that the dead could rise and be reborn in another world.
Gradually they created more advanced stone tools and new weapons. They learned to carve a spear and harpoon from horn and bone. They also invented arrows for guns. Women learned to process skins and sew clothes from them using bone needles. As we see, these people had intelligence and reached a high stage of development.
Where the caveman ruled. It lasted many hundreds of thousands of years, unlike the second, which was at most several thousand years old.
The first people on the planet
It was the cavemen who, thanks to their work, eventually turned into modern man. At the same time, culture emerged. At that time the communities were small. Their organization was the most primitive. Just like everyday life. Therefore, that period is sometimes called primitive. Initially, cave people were engaged in gathering and hunting, making stone devices for these purposes. In such communities, equality of rights and responsibilities prevailed, and there was no class discrimination. Relationships were built on the basis
According to scientists, the caveman appeared about 2.5 million years ago as a result of the evolution of Australopithecus. The main difference is considered to be the beginning of stone processing and the creation of primitive tools from it. With such tools, cavemen cut branches, butchered carcasses after hunting, split bones, and dug roots out of the ground. According to the classification of such people, it is customary to call them a skillful person. Their abilities were limited to walking on their feet and the ability to hold a stone and a stick, and minimal logical actions to make simple tools for hunting. The groups were small.
Pithecanthropus
About one million years ago, Pithecanthropus, the ape-man, appeared. His brain size was significantly larger than his. Accordingly, he was able to make more complex tools. For example, scrapers, choppers of the correct geometric shape. However, the functions of the tools remained the same: digging, planing, hunting and cutting up the results of the hunt. The beginning of the Ice Age significantly influenced the life and adaptation to natural disasters of cavemen. Man has adapted to life in many climatic zones and zones, and scientists find traces of Pithecanthropus in the regions of Europe, Northern China and Africa. These signs indicate that the habitat's geography has expanded significantly. Migration was facilitated by the emergence of land zones due to a decrease in the level of the World Ocean.
How cavemen used to live
Pithecanthropus often built their homes near water sources. The caveman already understood that water sources were habitats for animals and, therefore, a source of food. A significant number of dangers forced people to gather in large groups to ensure safety, as well as to facilitate hunting.
Life of a caveman. Neanderthal
Neanderthal man appeared 250 thousand years ago. Homo sapiens evolved from Pithecanthropus as a result of environmental influences and the development of labor skills. This stage of human development was named after the valley in which its remains were first found. Outwardly, he already had a great resemblance to modern man. A low forehead, a rough build, a sloping chin - these are the main distinguishing features that distinguished this caveman. Photos modeled on the remains give an idea of all the strength and power that these creatures possessed.
Neanderthals massively populated areas such as southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. The main dwellings were caves. Often the cave had to be recaptured from bears who came there for winter hibernation. The power of the cave people is also evidenced by the fact that they were able to kill these large animals, the length of which sometimes reached three meters. Massive remains of bear bones were discovered in caves in many European countries, such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland and others.
Mental development of a caveman
Since the mental abilities of Neanderthals were higher than those of Pithecanthropus, their tools were significantly improved. The quality of workmanship has improved significantly. Also, the shape has become more regular and varied. The technology for processing stone material has accelerated. The main achievement of the Neanderthals was the ability to make fire.
The high level of mental development of cavemen is evidenced by the fact that the tools found in different parts of the world differed from each other. That is, their development took place independently in different regions. Scientists suggest that racial differences between people also appeared during this same period. The physical characteristics of ancient people also change, which directly depend on the region where they lived.
The cultural level of cavemen also increased. In groups, relationships become stronger. There is an understanding of generational change. And, consequently, Neanderthals begin to bury their dead using primitive rituals. Often burials took place in caves. People of that time had a special attitude towards skulls. Their burials were carried out in special pits, probably due to some beliefs or everyday customs.
Unlike Pithecanthropus, Homo sapiens did not abandon the sick and disadvantaged. It is likely that people of that time were already obtaining much more food than was necessary for survival. Consequently, it became possible to support dependents.
Rituals
Artifacts found from that time indicate that Neanderthals performed some rituals. So, in several caves they were found arranged in a certain order. Such an installation is very reminiscent of an altar for religious ceremonies.
From Greek τρωγλοδύτης ) - since antiquity, the name of wild people who lived in caves. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the term especially referred to people who lived during the last ice age, whose remains were found in the oldest cave deposits, in layers dating back to the Paleolithic era. In colloquial speech it is used in relation to uncultured and ignorant people.
Caves were believed to have been the primary residence of Paleolithic people. It is now recognized that Paleolithic hunter-gatherers primarily settled in open areas, and caves were primarily used for storage and ritual purposes.
In popular culture
The image of the “caveman” has become widespread in popular culture, sometimes it is placed in the era of dinosaurs, as for example in the cartoon The Flintstones, which is a work of fiction.
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With regard to entertaining the people and troops with theatres, things were similarly unsuccessful. The theaters established in the Kremlin and in Poznyakov’s house immediately closed because actresses and actors were robbed.Charity did not bring the desired results either. False banknotes and fake ones filled Moscow and had no price. For the French, who collected booty, all they needed was gold. Not only were the false banknotes that Napoleon so graciously distributed to the unfortunate had no price, but silver was given below its value for gold.
But the most striking phenomenon of the invalidity of the highest orders at that time was Napoleon's efforts to stop the robberies and restore discipline.
This is what the army officials reported.
“Robberies continue in the city, despite orders to stop them. Order has not yet been restored, and there is not a single merchant conducting trade in a legal manner. Only sutlers allow themselves to sell, and only looted things.”
“La partie de mon arrondissement continue a etre en proie au pillage des soldats du 3 corps, qui, non contents d"arracher aux malheureux refugies dans des souterrains le peu qui leur reste, ont meme la ferocite de les blesser a coups de sabre, comme j"en ai vu plusieurs exemples".
“Rien de nouveau outre que les soldats se permettent de voler et de piller. Le 9 October.”
The name “cave people” or troglodytes is usually given to: 1) people or peoples who use caves to live, 2) or those whose cultural remains are found in caves, 3) or, finally, those who were buried there, intentionally or accidentally. Most often, the name P. man is used to refer to those people whose remains are found in the most ancient deposits of caves, in layers dating back to the Paleolithic era. To date, few such remains are known. The most remarkable include those found in the Nolet Cave (Trou de la Nauletie) in Belgium, in the Shipka Cave, in Moravia (in both cases - fragments of the lower jaws), in the Neanderthal Cave (see) near Düsseldorf, in the Spy Grotto, in the province of Namur (Belgium). They indicate the existence of a race of short stature, with an underdeveloped skull, a sloping forehead and chin, prominent brow ridges, and a savage trapping culture reminiscent of the modern Eskimo. Some believe, based on the finds of human skeletons in the caves of Truchère Furfooz in Belgium, that by the end of the Paleolithic era another type of person appeared, with a wider skull (brachycephals); but most researchers attribute the appearance of this type to the beginning of the Neolithic era. Dolichocephaly, however, continued to prevail in this era, as is proven by human remains from many deposits in caves in France, England, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia; but in Germany, in the Neolithic caves of Belgium, in the Stone Age tombs of Prussia and Denmark, a fairly significant percentage of brachycephals is found in places, which at the end of the Neolithic era, during the era of dolmens, begin to be found more and more often also in France and Switzerland. In general, the concept of a P. person cannot be associated with the idea of a certain specific physical type and a certain stage of culture. Caves served as dwellings and burial places in a variety of eras and among a variety of peoples who were at very different stages of culture - from Paleolithic to modern.
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