Large Fierce Mammal

“Each iteration of Man, leading up to the current free ranging model we meet for good or ill when abroad in the land every day, was a step on the road to development of advanced cognitive function including, very importantly, imagination, and the manual dexterity to put it to work. Every rung on the evolutionary ladder that led from the earliest proto-humans to you and me is characterized by the development and use of tools. Tools that increase the effectiveness of a hunter-gatherer equate to better fed hunter-gatherers who are more robust than less well equipped contemporaries. Enhanced efficiency in getting the basic necessities of life out of a day in the field means less energy expended and risk endured for the same reward you put your ass on the line and slugged it out for yesterday. More time for contemplation of better ways to do things, devising and making new tools and the techniques to go with them – even tools that will be used to make other tools.” ~ Worldly Wisdom Wednesday — Tools

I wrote those words in the year 2012, and today I’ll show you a visual example of their veracity. Watch and see what one Man can do with very little need for the assistance of others. Naturally there was a Dog, present rather than implied, because without them we’d all still be huddled in caves.