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Re:Could an Industrial Civilization Have Predated Humans on ... by FollowingTheDao on Friday July 14, 2023 @06:14PM (#36730669)
You were assuming that their industrial civilization would look anything like ours. Why do they need nuts and bolts? Why couldn’t they have use some natural form of biodegradable materials?
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Re:Could an Industrial Civilization Have Predated Humans on ... by hutzlibu on Friday July 14, 2023 @08:37PM (#36731900)
Then they made some leaps.

Casting iron(copper) is relativly easy and powerful.

Experiment with hot things in fire and you will discover it after a while.

"Why couldn’t they have use some natural form of biodegradable materials?"

Like bones for bows and spears? Humans did that, but metal is apparently more effective and useful.

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