Show KNEW USE OF THE CEREALS Evidence That People of the Stone Age Did Not Live Exclusively on Animal Food There is nothing to indicate that the men of t the later stone age did not have buckwheat pancakes for tor break break- breakfast fast It has been learned that not only buckwheat but many other grains of the present day such as IlS corn barley barley bar bar- ley flax rye and oats formed an Important Important Im Im- important part of the dally daily bread brend consumed consumed con con- by the tho people of ot the latter h half lt of the stone ago age known as the neolithic neolithic neo neo- epoch It Is la generally admitted that themen the themen themen men of ot the age of ot hewn stone were hunters With Asiatic Invasions the manner of ot living changed The neo neo- began to raise domestic animals animals ani ani- mals male and to cultivate certain species of plants the remains ot of which are still to be found Corn is the most ancient plant fant known Scientists have observed samples of ot It In the ce celebrated layer of ot the Mas dAzil or end of ot the hewn stone period It Is believed that this kind of plant plantIs Is la essentially of ot Asiatic origin It could have been brought into Europe by Invaders Egyptian wheat has baa also been found Cound Barley Darley Is Is' Is also pretty frequent being represented by six distinct varieties On the other hand rye and oats were wen known but were rare Flax was represented represented represented rep rep- resented by a different kind from the present species The other plants of ot that age ago were probably gathered In a wild state Fruits were generally cut In quarters and dried such as certain little spades species species spa spa- cies des of ot apples and pears peara |