tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 22 days agoWhat task would you excel in if you lived in the Stone Age?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up1239arrow-down114
arrow-up1225arrow-down1imageWhat task would you excel in if you lived in the Stone Age?lemmy.mltetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 22 days agomessage-square226fedilink
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·21 days agoJust by knowing how to wash my hands, medicine. Up until 20th century.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 days agoWash the wound with soapy water, apply cloth that has been boiled. Yeah that should have a better survival rate than most of human history.
minus-squareContemporarium@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 days agoSoap is animal fat and what in a survival situation?
minus-squareRedAggroBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 days agoLeach wood ashes with water to make lye. Soap is easy
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoYep, IIRC hardwood is what you want to be using to make the lye
minus-squareContemporarium@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoWhat if there’s no leech wood?
Just by knowing how to wash my hands, medicine. Up until 20th century.
Wash the wound with soapy water, apply cloth that has been boiled. Yeah that should have a better survival rate than most of human history.
Soap is animal fat and what in a survival situation?
Leach wood ashes with water to make lye. Soap is easy
Yep, IIRC hardwood is what you want to be using to make the lye
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What if there’s no leech wood?