Kill him before it’s too late again
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I don't think that is actually the innovation that made us own the planet.
One human throwing rocks? Meh.
15-20 humans working together, some throwing rocks, others fetching new ones, or supplying the throwers? Jup. That would do it.
So, community and working together is what allowed us to win the crown.
We better not stop doing that..
There are lots of animals that have cooperative social groups and they don't rule the planet.
Very few can throw weapons.
Ants are much better organised, but they don't rule the planet
Communication, abstract planning, and being able to walk 100km without stopping is what really won it for us.
If you look at combat between predator/prey it's nearly always about who can attack while further away. Being able to throw rocks and pointy sticks was I think equally as important as being able to develop co-operative social groups.
Yeah, there were studies done that found a human can't reliably throw a rock hard enough to kill even a rabbit from pretty close range. Rocks are blunt and usually only stun the target.
It was the fact that a dozen people all throwing rocks is an unassailable obstacle to any predator or prey. You can corner animals or ward them away. And if you think about it that's always been roughly how human wars have gone: masses of spears, slings, arrows, bolts, bullets, shells, missiles, etc. Our one big trick is a DDoS of violence.
The ability to throw a rock allowed us to make slings incredibly effective
When apes learned to sharpen sticks, every other animal was FUUUUUUUUUCKED. Those animals should try not to be so stupid though. Dogs and cats are smart. They joined our side.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction
Going strong for over 30,000 years.
Dogs and cats are smart. They joined our side.
Dogs and cats are half the fucking problem.
Explain.
A recent study by the Smithsonian Institution and the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that domestic cats kill about 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion small mammals each year in the lower forty-eight states. This is far higher—and probably more accurate–than previous figures, and likely exceeds all other sources of human-related losses of these animals.
I'm not sure we are in the same conversation, brother. I said that cats benefited from befriending humanity. You seem to be posting statistics that argue in my favor.
I said that cats benefited from befriending humanity
Absolutely. And I added that they're a primary agent by which humans propagate the Holocene Extinction.
Like, we wouldn't be nearly as successful at killing so many small mammals and insects if we weren't bringing domesticated cats with us all over the world.
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"Try pointy stick."
"Me no want to."
gets stabbed by pointy stick
"Me now see value of pointy stick."
And my axe!
But that would be a stabby stick. A pointy stick is to point at stuff.
What’s brown and sticky?
Tap for spoiler
A stick!
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Am I a joke to you?
People think we won because of our big brains or fire use, no, it's cause we have the only halfway decent ranged ability in the game.
We broke the assumption that billions of years of evolution was built on, distance = safety.
We basically collected the unstoppable exodia:
- ranged damage
- team ups
- infinite stamina
LMAO. Birds. All I gotta say.
Birds are pretty vulnerable to stamina diff exploit, sadly
What does that even have to do with stamina? lol. That's like shooting somebody and shouting "stamina diff".
The part where they made loud noises until sparrows dropped dead from fatigue?
El em fuckin ay oh. Millions of people keep birds on the run: this dude "my wouldn't you look at that stamina". Why is the internet filled with single-celled eukaryotes unable to reason? I could bang any two pots and pans together and they'd make more sense than what the hell it is you think you're trying to do.
It'd honestly be funnier if you were trying to meme, but the sad thing is you're actually being serious and think you're right. My pet rock could do a better job.
I didn't know they let 12 year olds use internet without adult supervision, either
Don't forget sharp stick! Sharp stick game changer
Can’t overlook banging rocks together to get a sharper rock. Big tech, invest now!
It is funny how until the invention of ~~fire ants~~ firearms, almost always the best weapon was a pointy stick.
Then firearms happen and we learned to throw the stick very quickly.
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I threw a pinecone at a bird that was picking at the siding. Seemed to break his brain to see something coming at him like that.
you: throws pinecone at mach 30
birb: is-is that a.... squints
birb: GAH! FUCK!!!
Dexterity exploit speedrun.
"Saying a big hello to all you sentient lifeforms out there and for everyone else the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys!"
We didn't even need to throw a rock. There's evidence that early man was a persistence hunter.
All other animals sprint. But man is the only animal that could jog them to death by jogging and never stopping until the animal collapses from exhaustion.
In addition to the ability to jog, run and walk during the hottest part of the day ... early humans could avoid most predators who were less capable of being active in the heat. The benefits of being a hairless sweaty upright ape.
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And not just throw rock, also run very long distance.
Monkeys can and do throw things that are much smellier than rocks.
Trivia time: Chimpanzees are the best primates after man at throwing.
At best they can throw things at the level of semi-athletic child.
Humans have unique rotating shoulder joint that just gives us a huge edge over any other species, when it comes to throwing things.
Yes, this, it's sapiens adaptation/specialisation, we take it for granted. Much like (related) stick use dexterity, which is another warfare advancement that should've gotten nerfed a few million years ago.
The white, African man learned to throw rocks. Yeah...
It’s a Neanderthal according to reverse image searches for the original illustration. There were light skinned Neanderthals in Europe, so it’s not an inaccurate illustration, just an inaccurate caption
Perhaps a bit inaccurate image use with that description as well.
Yeah, that’s what I was trying to say in terms of the caption being inaccurate
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Idk, kinda looks like a neanderthal doesn't it? Big brow, big nose, flat head.
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