What did this sound mean? It was not a word, strictly speaking, but a call such as wild animals utter. To all appearances, the Neanderthals had no language other than a few cries and signs. Adam felt deep awe stealing over him—so dark were these beginnings of man’s present glory—yet he had learned nothing that he did not already know. Dian had told him that the Og-Ree were silent, like beasts. Besides, he had read scientific opinion to the effect that the Neanderthal skulls found in Europe could never have contained the articulate tongue of modern man. “Hoo, hoo” was probably a signal to assemble, perhaps merely a call of fear and distress.
The Og-Ree responded as they had learned to do in the hunting-field. Only by a united front could they stand off the white devils of the tundra. If th
