“Was that rock always there, or was it disturbed by a predator?”
“Hmm. That rock I remember, rough sandstone, 25 sides, angled south-east. I’m unsure of its neighbour though with 25 sides, angled south-south-east.”
Comment on ancient hyperfixations
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Ancient people had to remember/memorize a lot more things just to get through their days, before writing existed.
tetris11@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It takes a village to survive. Some to remember the exact differences between safe, fun, and deadly mushrooms and others to turn predators into prey.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, prehistoric life is sometimes depicted as simplistic, skipping the fact that hunter-gatherers knew the landscape and all plants, grasses and animals for kilometres around. Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel ‘Shaman’ does a decent job of depicting what life in those times might’ve been like.
Granted, I instead memorize my city’s streets and organization of my computer stuff.