After this reading there are a few things that I saw as interesting. One was the way they migrated, the other was that they seemed to have more leisure time and lastly, it's that these early times are being talked about.
It has been a long time since I last took a history class. I seem to have forgotten many of the things that I read in these chapters, or is it that I wasn't taught this? hmmm, who knows! Through the reading I could envision how these people living in Africa, migrating to Eurasia, Australia, Americas and into the Pacific. It was also interesting to read about Dreamtimes, in which they shared their outlook of the world with each other. This reminded me of when my great-grandma would share stories with about the native people in her town of how things came to be. She shared how the sun, moon and the land came to be in the view of the natives of her town.
Another area that I though was interesting was that they had more leisure time in their hands. I was thinking that since they went out to gather or hunt, they used a lot of their time to prepare and get the items they needed. Of course I was thinking of how easy we have it now with microwaves and all. As I read along the book shares that they had that extra time because they gathered and hunted what they needed, not what they wanted. Look at our society, that seems to be a problem. We work extra hours and eat poorly at times because we are asked to work hard by companies that want more than what they have or because we want more that what we have or need.
Lastly, as I read about the ... oops! Got to go pick up my kiddo. I will return and share this last point :)
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