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MyNameIsRay t1_j65bw3s wrote

Reply to comment by Xszit in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH

The big thing with entering the iron age is being able to create usable iron. The finding and mining of ore, the refining and smelting, and finally the manipulation into something usable.

Tying something you found on the ground to a stick is still primitive, even if the thing they found is iron.

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dave999dave t1_j65dqj3 wrote

Agreed. There’s little difference between tying the iron onto the stick and an extremely sharp rock that has the same properties as iron.

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emcz240m t1_j66wmqn wrote

The Inuit had a mini iron age when a iron rich metorite impacted in their region. Similar events for indigenous peoples in remote areas as ships or other salvage has given them resources they otherwise wouldnt have access to.

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