Comments by "Aden Wellsmith" (@adenwellsmith6908) on "Stone age people made hundreds of these...why?" video.

My first thoughts. I was going to post that, and I agree. Heat up, use the tool for leverage. There's a Ray Meyer's video from Australia. There an aboriginal woman was using a snail shell, with a small hole, as a means of grating a yam. A prehistoric speed peeler. But how many times do you see that being explained not as a tool but as a decoration? I read a book recently, recommended by a father of one of my daughter's friends who is an anthropologist. The Dawn of Everything. Hmmm. Lots of leaps of faith such as Konosos. Pictures of bare breasted woman must mean that it was a matriachy. So I was thinking about the road next to me. The old kent road in london. Goes back to pre roman times. Aligned with the winter solstice. So what would an archaeologist in 3000 years time make of it? Well its lined with temples because of that alignment. The temple of Asda, Wallmart, Tescos etc. They even dug up an advanced technological centre [car repair shop]. They found calenders, again with bare breasted woman with calendrical calcuation underneath. [Pirelli calendar] So technology most have been controlled and managed by a female priestly class. Hence I'm quite worried about these flights of fancies caused by a lack of evidence leading to extrapolation as a result.
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@hankkits4043 I posted before the spiral fluting was shown. But you do raise an even more interesting idea. A neolithic multitool. If you have to lug things around, a multitool makes sense. Decoration is another. Different sized holes lead me to think multitool too.
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On the mammoth hunting. An adventurer travels through the jungle and is suddenly confronted by an unusual sight: fallen trees and trampled vegetation as if something gigantic has forced its way through. He decides to investigate. After walking for a few minutes, he sees a dead elephant lying on its side and a pygmy jumping up and down with excitement on top of the fallen elephant. The adventurer inquires as to what is going on. "The elephant, sir," explains the pygmy. "The elephant has gone mad. 'Tis terrible. Elephants are wise and friendly, but when an elephant goes mad, it destroys everything in its path. It cannot be reasoned with, no sir, and it cannot be helped in any way. Unfortunately, when it happens, the elephant has to be put down." The adventurer inquires, "But how did you kill such a gigantic animal?" "I killed it with a club," helpfully explains the pygmy. "It must have been a big club," observes the adventurer. "Yes, sir, a very big club indeed," says the pygmy. "We have over 300 members!"
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