10th January 2014, 07:27 PM
But... (just to play Devil's advocate?) in many ways they were, most probably, just like us. The need to feed, and thus developing mechanisms to do so, the desire to procreate, to have shelter etc. etc. There are some aspects of the past where I feel it is perfectly legitimate to look at an issue or a problem that may have been faced through our modern eyes, because I don't believe the basic mental and emotional processing has changed that dramatically since humans became, well, human. Of course though we have to be aware that there would have been a whole host of other factors and influences acting on those in the past of which we could have no understanding.