The man from Tautavel
The man from la Ferrassie
The man from Cro-Magnon
The man from nowadays
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Man as a predator
(hunting, gathering, fishing)
Lucy, discovered in eastern Ethiopia, lived
more than 3 million years ago. She belongs to pre-humanity. The first European
human beings came later on, as it is the case for our famous neighbour,
the
man from Tautavel (approximately 400 000 years ago).
Our direct ancestor, similar in all points to us, Homo sapiens sapiens,
lived 40 000 years ago. All these humans lived on wild food plants taken
from their natural environment. They hunted, gathered food plants, fished,
and made tools and instruments adapted to these activities, the
acquisition tools (def). They prospected for food plant species and
set up the first food
complexes (def).
The search for food played a major role in the bio-cultural evolution
of man.
Hunting big game contributed to shaping mankind's social organisation;
cooking brought together people around the fire and thus food consumption
became a community feature.
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