Comment by shay_ker

Comment by shay_ker 5 days 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 5 days ago

I guess that before metal working, obsidian would have been the best knife edge available.

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caymanjim 5 days ago

It'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 5 days ago

Not 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

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3eb7988a1663 5 days ago

Ancient 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/maiz...

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