When we think of tree houses, the image in our mind is usually of children playing out their version on how things should be in a perfect world. The little masters of their own domain with an endless supply of cookies and chocolate milk, a bird’s eye view for security or spying operations and only one entrance for absolute control over who has access. Not quite the same as a few thousand years ago…
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When we think of tree houses, the image in our mind is usually of children playing out their version on how things should be in a perfect world. The little masters of their own domain with an endless supply of cookies and chocolate milk, a bird's eye view for security or spying operations and only one entrance for absolute control over who has access. Not quite the same as a few thousand years ago but not altogether different either from humans taking to the trees to create shelter.
In an environment where nocturnal man eating predators prowled the night in search of prey, a jungle floor teeming with poisonous snakes and biting insects or scavenging animals drawn to a food cache, living in trees just made sense. Some predators and snakes climb trees, but defense is made easier when fending off a large cat with a long spear from above. Not the same though if it is an enemy with an axe.
