Daniel Dennett: It's Evolution Baby
Decoding the Gurus
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I Don't Think They Had Currency, Right?
I didn't entirely think that was what he was saying. He talks about this evidence where people find like tranches of hand access that were never used, right? That would have took a long time to create. So that suggests that they might not have been always functional things. But there is a legitimate interpretation to say that these could have been symbolic things that people use well or they attract mates or whatever. I wouldn't be saying that that's the primary reason. The primary reason was that they were good for cutting and digging and chipping away at things,. Then because they're a pain in the ass to make and they're somewhat useful, then it's like gold, right? Gold
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