From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 13:14:33 MDT
In a message dated 5/5/2003 1:58:46 PM Central Standard Time,
mlorrey@yahoo.com writes: Now that would be an interesting contest: see who
can bag a rabbit or a squirrel using only hurled stones.
Mike,
I believed the preferred stone was triangle shaped but flat. It is
thought that stone caught and dug in allowing the primitive man to kill some
fairly large animals.
On the other hand any of my indian ancestors that walked into the
woods in summer, stark naked and with a modern steel knife was
technologically advantaged. He could make the spear, bow, arrows, skin and
make clothing from the skins he caught by the onset of winter.
A woman was a tremendous advantage as a companion because their skills
were extremely complimentary for survival.
The two could work as a very powerful team. As little boys were
raised by their mothers and taught all the skills of the camp site until
sometime before ten years old (when their fathers began teaching them) the
man and woman were like hand and glove.
Ron h.
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