Peter Rop's Summary: Why People Kill Themselves

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The author starts from the very beginning of earth or from what we humans know of the latest time. The author first starts at groups of people or hunters searching for food and how they had to walk everywhere they wanted to go then goes into detail. The he progresses into how people have learned traits from the people that were there before them. He also talks about how the first american settlers were very skilled toolmakers. Peter Roop covered main topics but the main ones were the early people, how the people survived, and how they were excellent tool makers. The people that first explored the world were the indians. It was so early that it dates back to the ice age. They were very smart and knew how to survive. They used mammoth wool and used their bones as weapons. They also used and …show more content…

That's how they made their weapons to kill there prey like mammoths and many other animals. They would follow the groups of mammoths and kill them for food and tools. According to the author the groups of people would follow the groups of mammoths not knowing they were traveling to unexplored land, they were just following them for survival. The groups of indians were very smart when it came to surviving. The Author Roop Described how they were able to survive. Scene they didn't have the technology we do today they make handmade tools. According to the author Archaeologists have concluded that they were great tool makers and knew how to hunt and build fires. We could sure learn a thing or two from the people who lived long ago. Peter Roop covered main topics but the main ones were the early people, how the people survived, and how they were excellent tool makers. The author describes how life was forty thousand years ago. It also shows how they survived and how they barely knew where they were traveling. They were very smart and knew how to get around and survive. People still wonder why a lot of animals went extinct after the ice