Freadus t1_j1bp2xa wrote on December 23, 2022 at 2:53 AM

Reply to comment by DuncanYoudaho in Knowledge of how to make and use pottery was shared between hunter-gatherer communities in Europe via kinship-driven, regional communication networks prior to the spread of agriculture, a paper in Nature Human Behaviour proposes. by MistWeaver80

I guess my point is that kinships networks and communcation should surely be the norm in terms of theories about the spread of knowledge. A newsworthy article WOULD be "prehistoric Humans spread knowledge and advancement usually through the kidnapping of superior members of other tribes." People spread knowledge through communication....I dunno seems a bit obvious doesnt it?

DuncanYoudaho t1_j1bpuwq wrote on December 23, 2022 at 2:59 AM

How does China get a lot of its advances these days? Maybe guilds weren’t a purely medieval phenomenon? Maybe it was through religious ceremonies and a controlling priest class that was skilled because people supported them with offerings but celibate to control their generational power? Maybe familial relationships are a modern invention post-agriculture?

The obvious is not really obvious. But it’s nice when it lines up.