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Changing Lifestyles in Time

 Over time, people have made inventions that changed our present ways of life. It is incredible sometimes to read a history book and learn how different people lives were in ancient times. The lifestyle of mankind in prehistoric times and present time are very different but in some ways the same.

 Cavemen lived many thousands of years ago when there was no such thing as television. Fire was scarce and protected them from the cold and helped to keep predators away. They had to hunt their food and when they couldn't catch anything, they would go to bed hungry at night. If they got really hurt, that would be the end of them because there were no medicines or hospitals to go to. The buildings they built were usually just caves that they came across one day. No building came close to the Empire State Building. No building came close to even a regular house. This would be pathetic today.

 Present day is all about technology. There are thousands of kinds of televisions today and everybody has some kind of communication device. Popular ones are iPhones. Also, you don't have to worry about going to bed hungry. All you have to do is go to a shopping mart or if you don't feel like leaving home, you can order pizza. Fires are usually only made in the winter just for show or if company is coming over. There are hospitals and policemen at the touch of a button if someone is in an emergency. People today have built some of the most incredible structures anyone has ever seen, and not just in America either. For example, the Louvre in France, the Taj Mahal in India, and the Big Ben in England are some of the most impressive structures ever!

 The biggest thing in cavemen's time was a sharper stone to cut or hunt with, a fur to keep warm, or a rough idea of a wheel. We are just impatiently waiting for the next big thing from Apple, and Googling things we could live without knowing and always ready to buy the next big thing that we are told we cannot live without. I think the present is better because of the doctors and nurses and the healthcare they provide for us. Cavemen of course did not know what comforts the future held. Cavemen used their surroundings to have happy lives, even though we would think it was very difficult. They traveled in a clan, hunted together, left their artwork on cave walls, and started the evolution to our current day families. Because of my ancestors being able to survive, I am here today. We are definitely more advanced, but are we any happier and would we really have skills to be able to survive in the wild? We are too busy texting to actually know what's happening around us. That's something to think about! NOTE!

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