How to become the king

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• hperrin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Throwing rocks is really useful too when you never get tired while running. So we’ll chase down an animal for twenty kilometers then pelt it with rocks.

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  • Donkter@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Animals: “ow! Ok, I get that this is a- ow! good huntin- ow! Hunting strategy and I’m too tired to- ow! Run. But this is- ow! Just humiliating.”

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    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Another animal later: “oh these ones just have very straight sticks, at least that won’t be as bad as the rocks–WTF THEY THREW IT INSIDE ME!”

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  • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We really do break the balance of the game. Aimed accuracy of throwing things, high level detailed communication and social interaction, that same vocal range means we can imitate animal sounds to trick them into running off cliffs, can literally run animals to death, very high level intelligence allowing planning and tool use.

    One or two of these would make us an op apex predator.

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    • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      uh yes, I can totally do all that!

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• Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Imagine if spiders could tell each other stories and understand ideas about nations, tools, and money.

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  • daddy32@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    See “Children of Time” for the expansion of this idea.

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    • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ok, but wouldn’t it be an adventure if octopuses could do the same.

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• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Isn’t “apes throwing things” why cobras developed the ability to spit venom?

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  • tahoe@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cobras probably existed looong before any ape did, so that sounds unlikely!

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    • dessimbelackis@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure, but did cobras that spit venom exist before us stick throwing primates? Apparently not really. Spitting Conrad seem to emerge around the same time H. Erectus moved into Asia

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  • SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, to defend against apes bearing sticks.

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• Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It didn’t really take off until we invented the atlatl. It’s a specially shaped tool that let’s you throw a spear farther - like that tennis ball flinger for playing fetch with your dog.

  That’s when we went “now I can kill that fucking water buffalo without getting close enough for it to wreck my shit.”

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    and then someone invented the bow, just to show off.
    yeah fuck it why not, let’s give a man the ability to shoot sticks clean THROUGH things if they so want.

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  • TwanHE@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Already has the best range stats out of all the classes, uses the intelligence stat to boost it even further.

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• Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s a neanderthal though. We offed them too!

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• Fleur__@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Projectiles op please nerf

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