Excerpt from Foundations of American Civilization: An Elementary History With Civics for 7a Many hundreds Of centuries ago, the first men came into existence. They had no homes, such as we have today, but were forced to seek shelter in the hollow trunks Of trees, in branches, or in caves. For food they were dependent on the wild animals they could kill, on the roots and berries that grew around them, or on fish in the streams near the place where they dwelt. They had no clothes, except perhaps the skins Of wild animals, and they led a very simple and primitive life. In fact, these first men were little better than the animals living around them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.