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Wait, so the articles says that that around 60k years ago, at this particular site, people started staying put longer and the artifacts became less sophisticate
by adrianratnapala 9y ago
Wait, so the articles says that that around 60k years ago, at this particular site, people started staying put longer and the artifacts became less sophisticated.
From the headline I thought this was going to shed light on the so-called "great-leap forward" which is supposed to be about artifacts becoming more sophisticated (or perhaps just more artistic) at very roughly the same time period in different parts of the world.
- Waterluvian 9y agoOh wow, I need to google this. There's suggestion that many isolated examples of humans advancing in technological capability? So surely something environmental was at play on a global scale.
- icc97 9y agoLess sophisticated but faster production was what I read: > The beautiful Howiesons Poort industry with its long, thin blades is replaced at 58,000 years ago by a simple technology that could be rapidly produced.