• The seamstress of the bird world . .

    From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 3 10:45:39 2022
    https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1543434882747097088

    Early hominins had plenty of good
    examples in nature that they could
    follow

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Sun Jul 3 12:01:01 2022
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 1:45:40 PM UTC-4, Paul Crowley wrote:
    https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1543434882747097088

    Early hominins had plenty of good
    examples in nature that they could
    follow

    India Himalayas & SEAsia

    Humans copy parents & elite of society

    Humans used holed needles 50ka

    Spiders & caterpillars use glue to do their stitching

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  • From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 3 14:19:14 2022
    On Sunday 3 July 2022 at 20:01:02 UTC+1, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    Humans copy parents & elite of society

    The great bulk of humans are remarkably
    dull and unimaginative. They doggedly
    resist change and new ideas, even when
    the evidence is overwhelming. See, for
    example, the resistance to the evidence
    for the burial practices of h.naledi.

    BUT there are usually a few (a tiny number)
    of clever humans (as there are clever rooks)
    who are willing to experiment. When a new
    technique yields great and immediately
    obvious benefits (such as a primitive form
    of sewing) it will probably be copied.

    Humans used holed needles 50ka

    Oldest ones found. Could well have been
    in use 200 ka or 500 ka. Probably mostly
    female work and therefore coastal and
    lost, especially with sea-level rises.

    The tailor-bird technique -- making a hole
    through both pieces of fabric, and then
    manually threading a cord through -- has
    probably been in hominin repertoire for a
    few million years.

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Sun Jul 3 16:12:59 2022
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 5:19:15 PM UTC-4, Paul Crowley wrote:
    On Sunday 3 July 2022 at 20:01:02 UTC+1, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    Humans copy parents & elite of society
    The great bulk of humans are remarkably
    dull and unimaginative. They doggedly
    resist change and new ideas, even when
    the evidence is overwhelming. See, for
    example, the resistance to the evidence
    for the burial practices of h.naledi.

    BUT there are usually a few (a tiny number)
    of clever humans (as there are clever rooks)
    who are willing to experiment. When a new
    technique yields great and immediately
    obvious benefits (such as a primitive form
    of sewing) it will probably be copied.

    1 of every 6 million crickets is an Einstein who invents electric stoves and space rockets, then gets eaten by a cockroach.

    Stick w/ scifi.

    Humans used holed needles 50ka
    Oldest ones found. Could well have been
    in use 200 ka or 500 ka. Probably mostly
    female work and therefore coastal and
    lost, especially with sea-level rises.

    The tailor-bird technique -- making a hole
    through both pieces of fabric, and then
    manually threading a cord through -- has
    probably been in hominin repertoire for a
    few million years.

    Scifi again.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Sun Jul 3 20:08:54 2022
    Paul Crowley wrote:

    https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1543434882747097088

    Early hominins had plenty of good
    examples in nature that they could
    follow

    You suggest an Asian origins.




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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Sun Jul 3 20:44:30 2022
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 11:08:54 PM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Paul Crowley wrote:

    https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1543434882747097088

    Early hominins had plenty of good
    examples in nature that they could
    follow
    You suggest an Asian origins.




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    Keep working on your grammar, cowboy.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 3 21:23:48 2022
    DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

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    So you defend an Asian origins.





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