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

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-stone-age-huntergatherers-distances-tools.html
DisOne @lemmy.zip - 5mon

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

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HellsBelle - 5mon

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 - 5mon

Thanks - missed that part

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Swedneck @discuss.tchncs.de - 5mon

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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