David, In our hectic lives, we sometimes forget to stop and think about how life might have been and to ponder these questions.
Early man was free to roam and to wonder of the magic of nature - with an entire planet to explore. Well said. Geary -----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:59 AM To: CaveTex Subject: [Texascavers] Qesem Cave There is a story in the news this week about an archealogical dig in Israel. These researcher's theory is that this spot proves humans cooked meats as far back as 300,000 years ago. This is interesting for several reasons. To me, the fact that we have a spot in a cave where something like 21,478 generations ago, my ancestors might have been in this cave sitting there roasting a pig, celebrating the solistice or the birth of a new baby, or something fun, is an exciting image to picture. I wonder what there names were, and how many of them sat around the fire, and how cold was it and were they happy or frightened. Was there danger lurking outside the cave such as large predators or war, or ghetto neighbors l like the ones that live next door to me. Imagine living your whole life near that cave, never having to have used your brain to calculate your taxes or to watch tv, or living in a world where the nearby population was probably only in the thousands, if not the hundreds. I am guessing their total vocabulary was only a few thousand words to memorize, and since they didn't have to memorize anything, their brains were free to daydream and count the millions of stars in the sky. I wonder if anyone is still related to these cave dwellers, or did their lineage become extinct ? My feeling is they spent a lot of time pondering whether the chicken came before the egg, or why the sun and moon are round, and other natural questions that we too talk about while sitting around the campfire. Surely, they had some kind of humor and told jokes, and sang songs and beat on something with sticks to make percussion sounds. I bet the old timers would say, "back in the good ole days," we didn't have a wheel, you younguns got it made, etc. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
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