Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men (1897) (14780318111)

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Title: Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men ..
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history Ethnology
Publisher: New York, Merrill & Baker
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University



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IMPLEMENTS AND ORNAMENTS USED BY PRIMEVAL MAN, IN THE ORDER OF THE MATERIALS EMPLOYED.i, 2, Stone and wooden weapons of New Caledonians; 3, bone skewers ; 4, harpoon of stags horn ; 5, copper celt ; 6, carpen-ters bronze chisel ; 7, bronze dagger with iron handle ; 8, iron ornaments of Africans. 280 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. criminated—from the highest grades ofliving beings below him. No animal except man has beenknown to make or to use a tool. ThatMan the tool- is, the conscious design ofSub-thawing do(nS so has never been ob-animai. served in the most supe- rior specimens of the lower grades ofanimal intelligence. The monkey, the this accidental and instinctive employ-ment of clubs and missiles and the con-scious fabrication of a tool lies a greatgap in intelligence—the gap betweenthe instinct of the inferior and the con-scious reason of the superior creature. Man, then, begins his career as anartisan by the making of tools and im-plements from the flinty forms of rock.
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MANUFACTURE OF FLINT IMPLEMENTS BY PREHISTORIC MAN.—Drawn by Emile Bayard. ape, the ourang, the gorilla, and thechimpanzee are all in some sense club-using and club-throwing animals. Theygrip and swing missiles with obviousdesign to a certain end; but in doing sothey merely seize what accident hasplaced within their reach, and there isno single instance recorded in which ananimal has been known to adapt a stickor stone to any intended use. Between gins with themaking of toolsand weapons. He soon discovers that this substance,by a little skill, may be broken intoforms approximatelyadapt- Artisanship be-ed to his wants. Prog-ress begins—progress inthe selection of materials and progressin the methods of forming his utensils.But for a long period breakage is thegeneral method which he employs, andthis fact of fracture in the fabrication of PRIMEVAL MAX.—CAVE DWELLERS OF EUROPE. 281 tools is the essential feature by whichthe first stage of human development ischaracterized. This fir