On Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:56:57 -0400, matesz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Philip Thrift posted a link on Mon, 6 Nov 2000, about how early man stored
>meat by digging pits in the permafrost....
>http://www.human-nature.com/darwin/books/tattersall.html
>
>This site is fascinating.  As I read more about what was found at various
>sites, about the tools, knowledge these people had of animals and the ways
>in which they adapted to the environment and seasons, the artwork, cooking
>tools, and various skills, I was struck by how much of this detail about
>early humans, is woven into the Jean M. Auel books.

Another meat storage article

   http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9495/May08_95/storage.htm



There is apparently a whole genre of "ice age fiction".

Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com