The Early Cave-Men

Katharine Elizabeth Dopp (1863 - 1944)

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

Genre(s): Animals & Nature

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 1- Why People Wanted to Live in Caves: 2- How the FireClan got a cave; 3- The First Night in the Cave Valentina Vocelli
00:07:26
Play 02 4 - How the Fire Clan Got Rid of Sabre-tooth; 5 - Preparations for the Feast; 6 - The Feast Valentina Vocelli
00:08:12
Play 03 7 - How the Cave was Made Ready for a Winter Home; 8 - How the Cave-men Bored Holes Through Their Trophies; 9 - Making New Weapons Valentina Vocelli
00:10:49
Play 04 10 - How the Women Dressed Sabre-tooth’s Skin 11 - How the Cave-men Made Clothing; 12 - The Fire Clan Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
00:07:51
Play 05 13 - How the Cave-men Spent the Winter; 14 - What the Cave-men Got from the Birch Trees; 15 - The Flood Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
00:12:29
Play 06 16 - What the Cave-men Lost in the Flood; 17 - The Council; 18 - The Way to the Fire Country Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
00:10:00
Play 07 19 - How Firekeeper Made the Skin Water Bag; 20 - Why Firekeeper Made a Door; 21 - The Stranger that Came Toward the Cave TheIntern356
00:10:05
Play 08 22 - The Journey to the Fire Country; 23 - The Return from the Fire Country; 24 - Strongarm Makes a Great Discovery TheIntern356
00:11:11
Play 09 25 - How the Cave-men Received Strongarm; 26 - The Thanksgiving Feast; 27 - What the Women Got from Spruce Trees TheIntern356
00:09:25
Play 10 28 - How the Women Made Splints for Baskets; 29 - How the Women Wove Splints; 30 - How the Women Colored their Baskets TheIntern356
00:11:02
Play 11 31 - How the Cave-men Carried their Burdens; 32 - A Mammoth Hunt; 33 - How the Cave-men Divided the Mammoth TheIntern356
00:09:06
Play 12 34 - Strongarm Tells Firekeeper His Secret; 35 - How People Know What the Cave-men Did TheIntern356
00:08:26