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Anthropology

ariadne0614

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2. As usual, the hubris of homo sapiens makes our sense of superiority look silly

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:46 AM

Aug 24

I’m being a bit facetious, because I’ve been listening to a thing on YouTube about the six versions of humans that have walked this planet over the past 100K years. They mentioned an object dating back 80-90 thousand years.

It’s called the Katanda Bone Harpoon Point, and was pretty high tech at the time. A single 150 lb prehistoric catfish could feed 80 people for a couple of days. The capacity to figure things out didn’t start with us, and a bit more humility would be appreciated.
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/getting-food/katanda-bone-harpoon-point

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