Kenneth Feder's The Past In Perspective

Nothing before in the archaeological record matches the number, kind, and magnitude of the changes seen in association with the Australian/Pacific migration. Having had lived life in the interglacial period influenced the population of modern humans—thereby, indirectly playing a part to the rate of cultural advance. It appears the changes witnessed here in this era are cultural adaptations, instead of biological ones. Nearing the end of the interglacial, humanity had to act in response to a sudden unsympathetic shift in their climates environment, having to acclimate to intensely colder conditions. Their aptitude in sewing garments, creating shelter, and controlling fire made adapting to such environments possible. Although, what is most significant, is these adaptations are a tribute …show more content…
Analysis of world rock art and the insights from such studies represent a singular window into our remote past. In Kenneth Feder’s The Past in Perspective, he states: “The stone-tool industry seen in the oldest Ushki Lake component included small, finely made, stemmed, bifacially flaked spear-points. Bifacial points are also a hallmark of the Clovis culture found in the New World” (The Past in Perspective). This offers evidence of a new assembly of stone tools in the Americas at their earliest known horizon. Clovis tools span over an area spread out from its hypothetical origin point in Northeast Asia to Southern South America, having the exclusive distinction in the archeological record of the most extensive scope of any artifact type since the hand ax. This artifact traces evidence of an unparalleled rapid migration or diffusion pattern into the