Geoff Alexander
ASIN: B008CGF23Y
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 27
Five hundred thousand years ago there was a particularly ambitious twenty one year old member of an ancient species of human (Homo Heidelbergenesis) named Grug who decided to build a primitive dwelling in a tree out of large sticks to reduce his risk of being attacked by certain predators at night. His tribe remained content in their cave. Grug proceeded to erect his dwelling even though he had no experience in building tree houses. His plan ultimately failed when he neglected to build appropriate walls, fell out of his tree house in his sleep and broke his leg. One month later, the tribe decided to change location to follow the seasonal movements of their prey. Unfortunately for Grug, he suffered an early death when he found he could not keep up. For hunter gatherers, who did not have access to basic medicine, and for whom merely staying alive was a fulltime job, a setback like a ...