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bartread
7y ago
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Also, lots of simple tools and weapons: knives (and blades in general), hammers, bows, hand drills. Candles are almost unbelievably useful when you have no electricity, which leads nicely onto the various methods and tools for firestarting.
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pavel_lishin
7y ago
A knife might fall under a discovery, rather than an invention; a piece of flint that fell and chipped just the right way was likely the first knife.
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