When Prometheus was roaming across east Africa, about seven to six million years ago, what he had observed as regards the behavior of man’s ancestors could be surmised today only by scientists specialized on primates. Man’s progenitors back then probably led a life similar to the present-day savannah baboons, bearing no relationship with any hunting and gathering activity. They lived in groups of twenty to thirty individuals and sought their food by engaging in a reconnoitering effort of the wider area as a group. They would then return to pre-selected points to spend the night, either in caves or in thickets of trees. Mature females and their young ones would comprise the greatest part of the group. The males would continuously seek chances for mating, and the dominant individuals would h
