Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1915 — KNEW USE OF THE CEREALS [ARTICLE]

KNEW USE OF THE CEREALS

Evidence That People of the Stone Age Did Not Live Exclusively on Animal Food. There is nothing to Indicate that the men of the later stone age did not ( have buckwheat pancakes for breakfast It has been learned that not only buckwheat but many other grains of the present day, such as corn, barley, flax, rye and oats, formed an important part of the daily bread consumed by the people of the latter half Of the stone age, known as the neolithic epoch. It is generally admitted that the men of the age of hewn stone were hunters. With Asiatic invasions the manner of living changed. The neolithics began to raise domestic animals and to cultivate certain species of plants, the remains of which are still to be found. Corn is the most ancient plant known. Scientists have observed samples of it in the celebrated layer of the Mas Axil, of end of the hewn stone period. It is believed that this kind of plant fa essentially of Asiatic origin. It could have been brought into Europe by nerolithic invaders. Egyptian wheat has also been found. Barley fa also pretty frequent, being represented by six distinct varieties. On the other hand, rye and oats were known, but were rare. Flax was represented by a different kind from the present species. The other plants of that ago were probably gathentf fa r wfld state Fruits wore generaHr cut in quarter* and dried; such as certain little spe des of apptos and peara.