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And that, my friends, is the Pleistocene. (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Persistence hunting; you don't have to be accurate, you just need to tire out your prey.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until those weird hairless apes with back issues learn how to fling those pointy sticks really fast with twine and wood

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until those same weird hairless apes with back issues learn how how to harness a particular mixture of charcoal, brimstone, and poop crystals.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To make poop knives?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not quite. Guano was historically a source of saltpetre...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For real?!

TIL! Thanks for explaining.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

For real?!

Yup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano

Though its main use was as fertilizer, Guano was also sought for the production of gunpowder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_nitrate#From_caves

Major natural sources of potassium nitrate were the deposits crystallizing from cave walls and the accumulations of bat guano in caves. Extraction is accomplished by immersing the guano in water for a day, filtering, and harvesting the crystals in the filtered water.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

*organized bipedal apes with pointy sticks

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

You run fast but they don't get tired.