I Envy JTEM wrote:
> Primum Sapienti wrote:
>
>>> He's not naked and he is wearing shoes. Boots, I think.
>
>> Ok, and?
>
> Do you not understand this? The "Evidence" you presented is consistent with
> the idea that knapping sharper-than-razer flakes means they had footwear. The
> evidence you presented is NOT consistent with the claim that footwear is
> unnecessary, as the man in your video is wearing shoes (boots?).
Even the picture of the barefoot knapper? :D
>> There's some nice pictures
>
> What would be "Nice" is if you believe an image establishes something you
> would identify the image and what you think it establishes.
That do you think the guy is doing? Flossing his cat?
You mean not all stone flakes are sharp?
>>> "Does the fact that people were knapping super sharp stones imply that
>>> they had shoes/foot protection?"
>
> As you read for comprehension, to an impressive extant, would you mind
> blowing us all away by spelling out what specifically this "super sharp
> stone" was?
You mean not all stone flakes are sharp?
>>> Well, the video posted here is certainly consistent with this notion, as
>>> the man is clearly not barefoot while knapping.
>
>> There are plenty of sharp objects on the ground besides debitage.
>
> Okay. So I repeat: Flint is sharper than a razor, obsidian is sharper than is
> flint. The video depicts an obsidian "knife" that I stated I was certain they
> were producing, or tools very similar. What sharp objects are sharper than
> the sharper-than-a-razor obsidian flakes?
But still sharp. Thanks.
>> Where do
>> you think the lithics came from?
>
> Why do you believe the source matters here? Explain.
Australopiths carried lithics for tens of kilometers.
The paper is public.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.551.142&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Oldowan behavior and raw material transport: perspectives from the Kanjera
Formation
"These data show that hominins selected raw materials for transport at
frequencies that are significantly different from their availability on
ancient
landscapes. Furthermore, a substantial proportion of the assemblage
represents transport over relatively long distances (>10 km). Our study
further suggests that in the early stages of stone tool use hominins used
a wide variety of raw materials and selected these materials at some
distance from their eventual discard locations."
"The location of these silica rich Nyanzian cherts is restricted to
a few hills at the foot of the Kisii Highlands (Fig. 5), and therefore
the closest primary source outcrop to Kanjera South is approximately
35 km from the archaeological site."
Do you think there were sharp objects they might have stepped, or will
you claim shoes for traveling?
>>> Of course /Reaching/ those colder climates would guarantee Aquatic Ape,
>>> as we all agree on "Coastal Dispersal."
>
>> aa in colder climes?
>
> Lord know's you're not bright but, how are you pretending that they left their
> point of origin? Whether out of Africa or out of Asia, they started in the
> tropics and left... by way of flying carpet? Everyone else on the planet, including
> Out of Africa purists, agree it was coastal dispersal, which REQUIRES Aquatic
> Ape because there were no seaside McDonald's restaurants for them to stop at.
Hominid remains are found well into Siberia. Tends to get cold there.
Water freezes
making aa a bit hard...