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The thing I’m continually surprised by is the usage of obsidian by nearly every ancient-ish civilization. The usage of bow & arrow predates farming, insane.
by shay_ker 9mo ago
The thing I’m continually surprised by is the usage of obsidian by nearly every ancient-ish civilization. The usage of bow & arrow predates farming, insane.
- tim333 9mo agoI guess that before metal working, obsidian would have been the best knife edge available.
- caymanjim 9mo agoIt's a far, far better knife edge than metal even now. It's used in some specialized scalpels. It's just fragile.
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- KaseKun 9mo agoNot really that insane, hunting is a much faster reward cycle than farming. On the surface, it makes sense that tools for hunting are produced earlier than tools for farming
- 3eb7988a1663 9mo agoAncient crops were also pathetic to a modern eye. Before thousands of years of selective breeding, corn had six or seven kernels on a cob. Doubtful that it would be possible to survive on a field of wild cultivars without at least a few generations pushing towards more productive specimens. https://evolution.earthathome.org/grasses/andropogoneae/maize-domestication/ https://evolution.earthathome.org/grasses/andropogoneae/maiz...