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I don't get it, isn't 'handaxe' pretty suggestive of its primary use? Sure a lot of them don't have noticeable wear but frequent sharpening seems like a plausi

• detaro 4y ago
  > I don't get it, isn't 'handaxe' pretty suggestive yes > of its primary use? That we don't know, that's the point. (And why handaxe is arguably a bad name, because it suggests a certainty about what it was used for that we don't have). If it were called "throwing toy" that'd also be pretty suggestive of a primary use...
  • MichaelZuo 4y ago
    > That we don't know, that's the point. I don't follow, what exactly is the point? There are millions of things we can never know about ancient humans, nor is it likely these will be understood with any degree of certainty in the future.