From reading the interview of Nisa, the Paleolithic
woman, I could definitely see how this could help historians visualize how life
was for the people of the Paleolithic era; but I also noticed the influence
that the modern world has had on the woman. Although the people in the Bush
might have lived similar lives to Paleolithic people in means of equally
sharing the food of the hunt and being more egalitarian with gender roles,
there is evidence that the 20th century has certainly affected them.
For example, the idea of a single God was brought up a few times throughout the
document and even in the religions of ancient civilizations the idea of
monotheism did not occur in history until approximately 600 B.C.E.
Even with that being said, the Nisa still has
a different view of God than modern society(mainly Christianity). She states
that “God is the one who destroys. It isn’t people who do it. It is God himself”
when she expresses the pain of losing her first husband and other loved ones
(Strayer49). Another interesting thing that Nisa states about God is that he
gave people the right to have an affair, “Having an affair is one of the things
God gave us…” (Stayer49). This goes completely against what modern Christians
believe, that a man and woman shall fall in love with one another and no one
else, otherwise you commit adultery. This was just one of the things that I
found interesting while examining the chapter one documents.
