East of Nakba (66)

 

(Japanese Version)

(Arabic Version)

February, 2023

Part III. Chimera

 

Chapter 66 Invasion to human beings (1)

 

During the Galaxy had been proliferating inside the reproductive organs of the Arabian Oryx, the big wave of changing took place outside the body of the Oryx. The biggest factor was the rapid evolution of human beings.

 

Human beings were inferior to ferocious beasts in fighting ability, and couldn’t run away quickly like agile animals. As a result, they often fell victim to predatory beasts. What saved such weak human beings was that they got abnormally developed brains compared to other animals. This has made it easier for humans to communicate with each other. And they also acquired the ability to walk on two legs. They could use their hands and brains to make fire. They invented tools and used them.

 

Born in Africa, human beings enlarged their territory to every corner of the earth. They travelled over land and crossed the seat. Human beings were omnivorous that ate both animals and plants. They burned forests and cultivated grain. They slaughtered animals indiscriminately for food. They selected horses, chickens, pigs, and ducks from wild animals, and artificially bred them as livestock. They used cattle for agricultural purpose or ate for food. In this way, human beings proliferated chaotic manner.

 

 Human beings who knew how to overcome the harsh natural environment settled down even in the desert of the Arabian Peninsula. They hunted Arabian Oryx and planted dates using limited water resources of oases.

 

Oryx was much faster than human beings. Therefore, human beings shared several jobs to hunt Oryx. The first group played as chasers to drive Oryx out of bushes. Second group enclosed Oryx trying to escape. And the third group of the archers finally stabbed Oryx by arrows which were faster than prey. All of them cooperated each other to get the meat of Oryx.

 

Oryx were deprived from the oasis by human beings. Their population gradually decreased as they became victims of hunting.

 

(Continued)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)

 

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