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    2 months ago

    This is probably incorrect. Rocks preserve in the archaeological record so that’s what we have the most evidence for.

    Increasingly sophisticated knowledge of woodworking, textile science, plant and animal biology, mathematics and astronomy were no doubt developing alongside knapping techniques, that stuff just doesn’t preserve well.