Much of what we know about early civilization is from bits and pieces found in caves around the world. Location often tells us how different cultures developed, and grew with each passing millennia of population.

In ancient Mesopotamia around 3400 BCE, man began by developing writing for commerce, and the passing down of stories and legends. Before that time in history, cave drawings were an early man’s way of handing down stories of what was important. Tales of great animal hunts and victories in battles.

Discovered images, showing an individual’s hand, could have been their way of marking territory or a favorite cave. Fingerprinting had not yet been discovered.

The African Rift Valley is believed by most archeologists to be the birthplace of modern man. With that in mind the discovery ten years ago has great meaning to answers of early man and how he lived. Archeologists found for the first time a drawing that told of women’s present in those ancient times. In a remote part of the cave long filled with sediment, a flash rain storm sent rushing water through parts of the cave. When explorers were finally able to venture deep into the uncharted darkness, they made a remarkable discovery. A discovery that has given modern man an answer to a long unanswered question.

While moving through the muddy floor of the cave, one of the explorers’ lights reflected off a puddle, and shone briefly onto the ceiling. At first, they were not sure if it was just a smudge in the dust and mud, with no meaning at all. But they gently brushed the debris away from the area. With each pass of the brush, more of the image began to show itself in the illumination of the light.

Finally, the team explorers stepped back and were amazed at what was revealed. After a few minutes they took pictures and recorded every detail of the image to carry out of the darkness to show to those waiting outside.

A few hours later they made their way to the surface and quickly loaded their camera’s card onto a computer. Moments later there it was, an image made nearly 5000 years ago.

What was it? Before I tell you what they had discovered, I will first tell you of something most modern men have experienced in their life when it comes to decorating a home. You will find them in most homes. They can be in thousands of shapes, sizes, and colors, pillows.

For most men the placement of pillows on couches and recliners is little more than a nuisance. They are often too small, or hard, or just too big to be comfortable. Pillows can cost up to $100.00 when they are needed to match the color of the drapes or carpet. They must match to give an accent to the room’s decor.

Now, I can live with the pillows on the couch, but not in my chair. Yet every time I tossed them into the corner, Mary returned them back, and arranged them perfectly in my chair. It is like it is supposed to be a piece of art. My lounge chair is not art, it is my throne of comfort, positioned correctly in front of the television so I can see the screen clearly. NO pillow can make that position any better.

As annoying as the pillows in the living room are, it is the ones on the bed that bug me the most. I only need one pillow that is soft and mushy that I can squeeze and adjust to just the right height and comfort level. One… that is all. The other two in my place are nuisances. Every night I toss two into the corner. Come morning, if I am up first Mary makes the bed. If she is up first, I will make the bed. She places all six pillows perfectly. Martha Stewart would be proud. When I make it, only two pillows are placed at the top of the bed. By the end of the day, the other four have migrated back on to the bed in perfect position. I explain I don’t need three pillows; she ignores my words and continues to place six pillows on the bed.

Now back to the discovery in the far away cave. Scratched and painted onto the ceiling of the cave, was a remarkable image that explains why Mary and women still persist in placing multiple pillows on beds.

The Picture clearly showed that an ancient man was forced by his cave women to sleep on three round stones. It is not clear why, but there must have been a reason three pillows were depicted in the drawing. If this art work had not been found, the mystery of modern women and their fascination with pillows on beds, chairs, couches and even in cars would never have been understood.

Now, before you wonder if there is truly artwork on a cave wall showing three round pillows, no there was not. But I wanted to find a way to write about the real fact in our world today, women love to accent everything with pillows. And men are destined to accept the fact it must be in the female DNA, fluffy, round, square and oblong pillows are part of their destiny to spread across the land. Well, that is how I see the evolution of man and women’s lives when pillows are involved, as I look Through the Lens.