The other question that remains unanswered is whether or not it really is the oldest known evidence of anthropophagy.
There's a skull, between 1.5 million and 2.6 million years old, which has marks interpreted as made by a stone tool. That finding has been disputed; perhaps it's time we revisited that bone.
TL;DR: we don’t know a goddamn thing about fuckall, but we got a bone with some marks on it. Ancient aliens? Sure, why not.
To be somewhat fair, I’m in the privileged position of being able to be sarcastic about a branch of science that I have no practical experience with whatsoever, all from the comfort of an app I type into using just my thumb. This is the kind of advancement that, a hundred years ago, would have been seen as merely impossible, and five hundred years ago or more would’ve gotten a person burned at a stake.
I can criticize anything I want, but my criticism (all things being equal) is very probably flawed and unwarranted. If I’m going to be sarcastic, I’d better be aware of how insignificant I am relative to the universe I find myself in.
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biff@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
TL;DR: we don’t know a goddamn thing about fuckall, but we got a bone with some marks on it. Ancient aliens? Sure, why not.
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
biff@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
To be somewhat fair, I’m in the privileged position of being able to be sarcastic about a branch of science that I have no practical experience with whatsoever, all from the comfort of an app I type into using just my thumb. This is the kind of advancement that, a hundred years ago, would have been seen as merely impossible, and five hundred years ago or more would’ve gotten a person burned at a stake.
I can criticize anything I want, but my criticism (all things being equal) is very probably flawed and unwarranted. If I’m going to be sarcastic, I’d better be aware of how insignificant I am relative to the universe I find myself in.
fossilesque@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 3y