Stone Age hunter–gatherers traveled long distances to get the right color stone for their tools
Stone Age hunter–gatherers traveled long distances to get the right color stone for their tools
phys.org Stone Age hunter–gatherers traveled long distances to get the right color stone for their tools
A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the raw material for the manufacture of tools.
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How do they know there wasn’t a trading system back then though?
The article says trade may have happened.
In addition, an exchange of materials with other early human groups is conceivable," says Dr. Bader.
Thanks - missed that part
knowing that we're basically identical to people back then, yeah that checks out.
a long hike to collect good rocks? fuck yeah