Sentence:  Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. <WSD>Ancient</WSD> nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.