The Human Conditon Be Fore Common Era

THE HUMAN CONDITON BE
FORE COMMON ERA

Our early ancestors' primal need to survive paved
way for the invention of several developments.Gi
fted with brains more advanced than other creat
ures, humans are able to utilize abundant materia
ls for their own ease and comfort. As it is difficult
to pinpoint the particular period where technolog
y is said to have started, one can say that at the v
ery least, the motivation to make things easier ha
s been around since humans are.
Homo erectus have been using fire to cook, thro
ugh chipping one flint over the other to produce
a spark, all the while without t realizing the laws
of friction and heat. Tools from stone and flints
marked the era of the Stone Age, during the adv
ent of our very own. Homo sapiens, and human
s began to sharpen stones as one would a knife;
an example of this is the simple machine called
wedge.
This particular period proved to be difficult for o
ur ancestors, but in a remarkably distinct way. T
here is little to no written accounts except for se
veral cave drawings and unearthed artifacts fro
m various parts of the world that narrate how t
heir culture came to be. It then proves that ther
e is little capacity for our ancestors to contempl
ate and perceive things outside themselves in a
more reflective manner.
For instance, there are several excavations in diffe
rent parts of Europe of miniature statues prevale
nt during the Paleolithic period, the so-called "Ve
nus" figure. It depicts a rudimentary carving of a
voluptuous woman out of ivory or stone. The rea
son behind this is still unknown to archaeologists
and anthropologists alike; they can only infer that
the humans of yesterday have a certain fixation o
n the female anatomy.
Soon enough, people discovered minerals and bega
n forging metalwork. They realized that these subst
ances are more durable, malleable, and have more
luster than the previous material. On the other han
d, there are some indicators that humans in the pa
st share the same concerns and interests, suggestin
g that these inclinations persist through multitudes
of generation over several millennia.
Fur clothing and animal skin are primarily used fo
r comfort against harsh winds-our ancestors are a
ble to draw the connection between their being n
aked and vulnerable due to some lack of fur or pr
otective covering which would otherwise allow th
em to withstand extreme weather conditions. Th
ey begin to cover
themselves up out of necessity, and gradually, ad
ded several more to their garments.
Some of those found at excavation sites are remi
niscent of early accessories, suggesting that our a
ncestors have been deeply engaged in the concep
t of beauty. Perhaps, they had taken a liking to a c
ertain shiny stone, or a perfectly shaped bone, an
d wanted to wear it as trophy.
Excavations on the latter half of the
Stone Age include several figures thought to be
ceremonial, meaning, that perhaps people of th
e time had also painstakingly wrought and hewe
d said figures in honor of some deity. This notio
n, as it was then and as it is now, is often peopl
e's resort to make sense of events happening ou
tside their control.
The initial roster of primitive gods includes objec
ts they encounter through their day-to-day lives, s
o it is not surprising that different tribes may hav
e different gods. Those who might have lived alon
gside majestic
creatures, such as elephants and mammoths, mig
ht have been awed by their size and worshiped th
em as the owner of the land, asking for blessings i
n their hunting ground.
On the contrary, they might have hunted the mammot
hs for their woolly coat and meat, taking down the ani
mal for the entire community to eat. In windy places n
ear mountains, they might have had a mountain god t
o explain wind currents and ask for provisions. On the
other hand, those who were near coastal areas or bod
ies of water
might have had water gods they referred to when aski
ng for a good catch. However, it might be also the case
that people of prior civilizations shared several generic
gods, such as the sun.
Nevertheless, it can be positively inferred that like th
e people of today, our ancestors also found the need
to explain things in a way that makes sense to them.
They quickly realized that there are events outside of
their control and attempted to justify things as being
a work of a supernatural being.
Throughout the course of history, religion remains to
be the strongest contender to science arguably due t
o its being the most easily grasped. Admittedly, once
people stop eonnecting the dots between cause and
effect, they turn to something that could possibly exp
lain their inadequacies in making sense of the world.
The people of yesterday appeared to have acknowled
ged early on that they could only do and understand
as much, that perhaps other powers at play also exist
ed alongside them. This notion effectively humbled a
nd perhaps grounded them, with their constant befu
ddlement serving as an early reminder that they wer
e way behind several larger, more powerful forces in
nature in terms of order of things.

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