Experimental Archaeology (OLD TOOLS/ATLATLS) with Angelo Robledo
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Evolution of the Atlattle
Angelo said also that using tools allowed us to access more nutrition while expending fewer calories and hunting with an atlattle uses way fewer calories than like chasing a deer for 10 miles until it's just like fine god me now. Those extra calories and possibly the fatty stuff from brains and bone marrow have enabled our ancestors to grow bigger brains which allowed us to invent weapons, reality tv and finally global warming and nuclear existential risk but also puppy calendars and coffee creamerwhich is good But potentially it's the homo sapien's ability to develop these complex tools that allowed them to kind of outlast and survive"
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