Nisa's story is definitely captivating and shocking. As reader, we can see that Paleolithic people lived a very simple life. She mentions how she did not own any animals, but based her way of living on hunting and gathering. Another aspect revealed about Paleolithic lifestyle is the remedies that they used to cure people. It is mentioned in the reading that a healing ritual "N/um" was very popular among her people. It was believed to be very painful, but useful at the same time. It could however not work in certain cases.
Another interesting topic mentioned by Nisa was God. It seemed as if she was very disappointed with him, and thought everything bad that happened to her was because of him. She believed that he had the power to make everything good, but also make very bad things happen. It seemed to be that she doubted him many times throughout her life, especially through the tough times.
The last subject that was quite shocking in this reading was the topic of lovers. The idea of cheating on your partner is something that would be a bigger part of modern society, yet it has been going on for many years before us. Its a contrast to the way of living they had back then, because since they had such a simple life, many of them wouldn't think in my opinion of such thing. Yet it is something that was common, and it also seems as if they were not ashamed of it nor were they trying to hide it.
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