( orson welles ) 20 million years ago, an ape-like creature inhabited the earth. and the ape stood and became man. ( grunting ) ( goat bleating ) ( sighing ) the greatest calamity that could befall early man was the loss of fire. fire, the mysterious phenomenon that cooked his food, heated his cave, and kept him alive. if he could not start a fire, he and his would surely die. ( grunting ) even in most primitive men, the need to create was part of his nature. this need, this talent, clearly separated early man from animals who would never know this gift. and here in a cave somewhere in the north american continent about two million years ago, the first artist was born. ( grunting ) and of course, with the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth. the critic. in the year 1 million b.c., it is thought the first homo sapien marriage occurred. it was shortly followed by the first homosexual marriage. one of the first weapons man invented was the spear. ( grunting ) hey