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Nicolai Levashov. Russian History Viewed through Distorted Mirrors. Vol. 1

semi-nomadic and nomadic way of life. Warm climate and their way of life do not
require building solid houses.

It is enough to build a shelter covered with large leaves taken in the nearby for-
est and a “house” is ready. The main occupation is hunting for herbivorous animals
which graze nearby. One need only sneak up on these animals at a distance of a shot
of the bow or a throw of the spear and a supper is guaranteed. The presence of small
forests, single trees, such as, for example, baobab, thickets of bush along brooks and
rivers facilitate hunting for the savanna’s herbivorous animals, which century after
century, millennium after millennium required from hunters endurance and quick-
ness. As a result of natural selection, only those hunters survived who possessed en-
durance and could run quickly for long distances. If a hunter was unable to hunt an
animal, there would be nothing to eat not only for him but also for his family and
tribe. Moreover, the conditions of life in savanna required the development of keen
hearing. Man has very bad night vision which made him a pretty easy catch for
predators which see perfectly at night. Only keen hearing could save a man in this
situation and only those who could single out the rustle of a sneaking predator from
the cacophony of the savanna’s night sounds had a chance to be prepared for the at-
tack and repulse it or escape to a safer place.

Thus, the ecological system of the savanna requires man to develop certain
properties and qualities in the process of adaptation to its conditions. These quali-
ties are keen hearing, physical endurance when running and mobility. These quali-
ties are needed for men. As for women, they were engaged in the collecting of fruits,
fishing, where it was possible and in the household things which required properties
and qualities similar to the masculine ones. Thus, all the activity of such a social
community was arranged around hunting and collecting and left its mark on man.

2.5. The passive type of adaptation to the living conditions

During the course of adaptation to the living conditions in the Subequatorial
climatic Zone, the tribes of the black race which live in the savanna are only forced to
develop those properties and qualities which the ecological system requires of them.
In other words, the natural habitat influences the evolutional development of who-
ever occupies any ecological niche. The Subequatorial living conditions make man a
user of nature who only takes from it all the necessary things for his life. A mild
climate does not require much clothing: a loin-cloth is the only thing that is needed
and not because of physical necessity, but mainly for moral reasons. Very often man
used the leaves of palms and other exotic plants to make a loin-cloth.
Thus, environmental conditions in the Subequatorial climatic Zone do not stimu-
late man’s evolutional development. They produce a consumer attitude toward na-
ture. Man only takes from nature what it offers him to satisfy his needs, thus, gradual-
ly converting him into a user-parasite, which does not reflect on how and from where
it appeared in nature. Such a position is fraught with remote consequences. While the

quantity of tribes is insignificant and there is an abundance of species which man us-
es for his life-support, there are no serious problems. This kind of man-nature rela-
tionship can exist for a pretty long time until man starts taking from nature more than

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