https://www.pitara.com/tags/prehistoric-humans/Recent content in Prehistoric Humans on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/folktales/how-the-first-house-was-built/Sun, 05 Nov 2000 04:07:13 +0000https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/folktales/how-the-first-house-was-built/<p>A long time ago, humans were only as tall as hens and rabbits.</p> <p>These tiny &ldquo;humans&rdquo;, if you can call them that, lived under trees.</p> <p>Living in trees was not very nice.</p> <p>During rains they got wet. In summers they sweated madly, and in winter they almost froze into ice.</p> <p>Life was tough.</p> <figure class="image-medium has-caption"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/folktales-34_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/folktales-34_1_hu_b32d699307e89a14.gif" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/folktales-34_1_hu_a9799ef18d0c4804.gif 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/folktales-34_1_hu_b32d699307e89a14.gif 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="How the First House was Built [Illustrations by Sudheer Nath]" height="772" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption>How the First House was Built [Illustrations by Sudheer Nath]</figcaption> </figure> <p>So they started living in burrows, just the way rabbits do.</p>