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I’m a little surprised ~7-hours round trip is considered long distance.
Is walking 8 miles particularly notable? Is it a typo and they mean 18 miles or something? For someone reasonably fit 8 miles is maybe a 2 hour walk. You’d leave in the morning and be back for lunchtime.
I regularly walk that far before breakfast.
They didn’t walk 8 miles to do a Marathon, they didn’t walk 8 miles for any type of food. They walked 8 miles to find a perfect rock.
To find the perfect tool. Sounds reasonable.
I mean in modern times mining companies have instigated wars for ‘rocks’
The notable part is that it indicates sophisticated tool making behavior 600,000 years before we previously thought it occurred.
Must have been needed for progression. RNG is a monster sometimes.
They’ve gone far away, to the temple of Rocks, to find the perfect rock to fit their weapon.
I also recommend using Tor to access websites. Knowledge should be a right.
“Bro you don’t understand, the rocks here are bullshit! Bro, you gotta try these other rocks they are the shit! Bro!”
