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Comment author: pianoforte611 17 March 2015 03:17:37AM 3 points [-]

We call it the Stone Age not because stone tools were the prominent fixture of their lives, but because the stone tools are the things that survive

Woah, is this common knowledge? I feel silly for not realizing that myself.

Comment author: Vaniver 17 March 2015 01:09:11PM 2 points [-]

Woah, is this common knowledge? I feel silly for not realizing that myself.

Among archaeologists, I believe yes; I think when talking to the general public, though, they emphasize what we do know rather than what we don't.

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