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Sharlinyesterday at 1:10 PM1 replyview on HN

Given that humans must have "always" known that carving a hole in something is easier if you use your wrist to reciprocally rotate the tool, I'd be inclined to suspect that both hole-making and firestarting with a bow drill were invented more or less contemporaneously.


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MomsAVoxellyesterday at 2:52 PM

Yes, but didn’t our wrists evolve because of all the fire-starting?

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