Abu Yahya Zakariya ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud-al-Qazwini (ca. 1203-1283 CE), is known simply as al-Qazwini, Kitab Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa Gharaib al-Mawjudat, literally “The Wonders of Creation,” compiled in the middle 1200s in what is now Iran or Iraq.
These illustrations are from the later version from the 17th or 18th century and likely illustrated in india
no wonder homo sapiens was getting nasty with neanderthals if they had industrial processes and the good glue. can you imagine how astonishingly magical it would be for glue to exist if you hadn’t ever had glue before. neanderthals would be getting mad bitches (i’m bitches in this scenario). didn’t mean to make this big but i do feel it adds to the emotion im tryin to convey here
