Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "The Invention of Pottery - China u0026 Czechia (Prehistory Documentary)" video.

First choice, The Eyed Needle. Second, textiles. Third, the spear thrower. Fourth, The Means to Preserve Food. This game is one that the player will never win. It will always devolve into "yah, but what if". The needle was required for fitted clothing required for humanity's expansion beyond our home range in Africa. Textiles which probably began as interwoven branches or foliage used for shelters meant that people no longer needed to rely on skins alone for clothing or to carry needed items. The Spear Thrower extended man's ability to kill game or deliver the same thrown shaft harder at a given distance. Preserving food. Drying foods in the sun. Salting etc. Pottery while critical IMO is only really useful once a band has a reasonably settled life. Pottery was not required to provide watertight containers for fluids. Skin bags and hollowed out gourds will suffice. Skin bags/pots can be used for cooking. The hafted axe or spear is a reasonable choice. Only spears do not absolutely require stone tips. Bone can work perfectly well. Besides how far back does the hafted tool go? 100KY? 200KY? More?
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