I know how to make rope, among other things, as an eagle scout, and I have some experience with atatl so, probably dying of fever at 14.
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I would invent God so others would do all the hunting and gathering for me while I partied in the cave basement drawing on the walls.
Recreational drug use can be traced to before written history. Bartering also existed then. I'd be a drug dealer.
Fun fact: Barter only seems to occur in human societies when a. markets were previously established b. those markets collapse. Check out David Graber's 'Debt: first 5000 yrs' for more info. Most societies are debt based- as in people just do things for each other but keep basic accounts in there heads. Eg. You paid for dinner out last month, i'll pay this month(doesn't really matter how much was spent, the exactness isn't very important) Or, my grandma makes the coolest knit socks, I'm gonna ask her to make some for me and then shes gonna have me do some yard work when i visit later.
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I'd probably be something of a builder/ "engineer."
I'm not actually an engineer, but I have a knack for utilizing what I have around me or simple enough objects to serve other goals. I suppose I'm what people used to call a Macgyver or "mechanically inclined."
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Finding fruit trees. Hunting would be my weak point.
dying
I wouldnโt survive long with my poor eyesight. Maybe Iโd create tools or something. Love tinkering.
This, anyone with strong glasses would be disabled in the stone age, lol. Needed some surgery before? You'd be dead. Ever broke a bone? Likely dead.
I went through my whole (living) family tree once and I'm pretty sure none of us would have survived, including me.
Yeah loooooots of people wouldnโt survive
Poison Sommelier.
With or without my current knowledge?
Because I'm pretty sure I could smelt Iron with what I know, and a year or two of experimentation. So the answer would be "ending the stone age".
Without? I dunno, maybe building traps and snares.
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Fucking, for sure
drawing dongs everywhere
Dying quickly
technical art and programming for video games
tool making most likely. also fire keeping, and cooking.
Bronze peddler. "Hello, have you heard of bronze? Just attach it to your axe instead of stone. No more annoying stone chopping! And look, it's shiny!"
I would introduce them to scrumpy, then teach them to grow apples so we can make more.
obsessing over plants and accidentally dooming the world with agriculture