There was no written language, so he probably pulled out his hollow log, drummed some impressive beats and impressed his homies with song about shit-death-berry that everyone remembered and repeated.
...or his song was shit and nobody cared till the next poor sod shit himself to death.
The consequences of not supporting the artistic community were more severe back then
And that led to the release of Shit Death Berry 2: Electric Boogaloo
Literal shit posting
i didn’t know shit could post
Jesus, what did OP do to you guys?
What I don't get is how ancient humans figured out more complex stuff. Like neanderthals learned how to make a glue to hold their weapons together. It was probably a simple method, like this article talks about, but it still took a lot of planning and also a lot of basic reasoning before trying it themselves if it was even something that could be done.
I imagine a lot of boredom (besides staying alive), helps finding out stuff. I can also imagine, that they had basic roles in a group, where people were designated "mess around with stuff and discover things, aka proto scientists"
I'm sure that's a big part of it, but it still amazes me the things they figured out how to achieve artificially, especially when they had no natural analogue. Like who figured out how to brew beer?
Stir the drink with the magic stick and wait a few days and it goes bubbly, tastes better, and stops poisoning people
Very rarely are things lethal like that. Poison edibles tend to taste awful, and if you start with a small amount you will learn whether it makes you sick.
Now mushrooms on the other hand? No idea how they figured it out.
mushroom 1: tastes like chicken :)
mushroom 2: oog died :(
mushroom 3: arg says he saw the world melt and then spoke to god
For real. Aren't most poisonous mushrooms neurotoxins too?
Trip balls so hard you think you are dying and you actually are dying. Horrific.
I find it pretty amazing how someone figured out how to make cassava edible. It's got enough cyanide to kill you unless it goes through some complex process of mashing and boiling. Who thought to themselves "this killed Greg, but maybe it'll be delicious if I boil it for a little longer"?
Necessity is the mother of invention. One day somebody was just that hungry, a cassava plant was available, experimentation ensues, bam staple crop. It's not that huge of a leap though. Most societies have some kind of root or tuber food, and once you've got the idea that roots and tubers can be food it's not a huge stretch to go looking for others. Pretty much all of them have to be cooked at least to be edible and palatable.
Second Caveman: "Ted just never listened to anybody."
If you simply MUST eat strange plants, test them first by crushing a berry/leaf and rubbing the juice on your skin. If you get any discoloration, blistering, etc, then you will NOT enjoy eating it.
A meme about a meme
On a serious note
Humans more than likely instinctively knew which foods were safe the same way their genetic ancestors did. Since humans evolved alongside other similar species they would share similar instincts on what to look for in safe to eat vs not safe to eat foods.
There was no written language, so he probably pulled out his hollow log, drummed some impressive beats and impressed his homies with song about shit-death-berry that everyone remembered and repeated.
...or his song was shit and nobody cared till the next poor sod shit himself to death.
The consequences of not supporting the artistic community were more severe back then
And that led to the release of Shit Death Berry 2: Electric Boogaloo
Literal shit posting
i didn’t know shit could post
Jesus, what did OP do to you guys?
What I don't get is how ancient humans figured out more complex stuff. Like neanderthals learned how to make a glue to hold their weapons together. It was probably a simple method, like this article talks about, but it still took a lot of planning and also a lot of basic reasoning before trying it themselves if it was even something that could be done.
I imagine a lot of boredom (besides staying alive), helps finding out stuff. I can also imagine, that they had basic roles in a group, where people were designated "mess around with stuff and discover things, aka proto scientists"
I'm sure that's a big part of it, but it still amazes me the things they figured out how to achieve artificially, especially when they had no natural analogue. Like who figured out how to brew beer?
Stir the drink with the magic stick and wait a few days and it goes bubbly, tastes better, and stops poisoning people
I'm not saying it was aliens, but ...
It was aliens.
Very rarely are things lethal like that. Poison edibles tend to taste awful, and if you start with a small amount you will learn whether it makes you sick.
Now mushrooms on the other hand? No idea how they figured it out.
mushroom 1: tastes like chicken :) mushroom 2: oog died :( mushroom 3: arg says he saw the world melt and then spoke to god
For real. Aren't most poisonous mushrooms neurotoxins too?
Trip balls so hard you think you are dying and you actually are dying. Horrific.
I find it pretty amazing how someone figured out how to make cassava edible. It's got enough cyanide to kill you unless it goes through some complex process of mashing and boiling. Who thought to themselves "this killed Greg, but maybe it'll be delicious if I boil it for a little longer"?
Necessity is the mother of invention. One day somebody was just that hungry, a cassava plant was available, experimentation ensues, bam staple crop. It's not that huge of a leap though. Most societies have some kind of root or tuber food, and once you've got the idea that roots and tubers can be food it's not a huge stretch to go looking for others. Pretty much all of them have to be cooked at least to be edible and palatable.
Second Caveman: "Ted just never listened to anybody."
If you simply MUST eat strange plants, test them first by crushing a berry/leaf and rubbing the juice on your skin. If you get any discoloration, blistering, etc, then you will NOT enjoy eating it.
A meme about a meme
On a serious note
Humans more than likely instinctively knew which foods were safe the same way their genetic ancestors did. Since humans evolved alongside other similar species they would share similar instincts on what to look for in safe to eat vs not safe to eat foods.