Alland wrote:
My guess is the Time Traveler went back to the period 800,000+ years in the future to try to chance things a bit by rescuing Weena.
Yes 'Loz' has already suggested that in a previous post. and I said "He (The Time Traveler) tries that in the excellent sequel 'The Time Ships' by Stephen Baxter, with disastrous consequences."
Because he told his tail to that group of men around the fire, his story got out and as soon as the mankind realized they were heading towards the disastrous conclusion the traveler talked of they tried to steer history in another direction, but it all went wrong, or did it?
Read the book to find out.