Stone Age hunter–gatherers traveled long distances to get the right color stone for their tools

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• DisOne@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  How do they know there wasn’t a trading system back then though?

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  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The article says trade may have happened.

    In addition, an exchange of materials with other early human groups is conceivable," says Dr. Bader.

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    • DisOne@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thanks - missed that part

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• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  knowing that we’re basically identical to people back then, yeah that checks out.

  a long hike to collect good rocks? fuck yeah

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