Yes, but: a ~200 person tribe still limits the total amount of know-how that can a given tribe can remember and pass down, and then the next tribe over has to remember most of it redundantly, rather than specializing in something else.
Sure; I’m not sure what fraction of the relevant innovations were additions instead of replacements (which might not impact total memory burden much).
Yes, but: a ~200 person tribe still limits the total amount of know-how that can a given tribe can remember and pass down, and then the next tribe over has to remember most of it redundantly, rather than specializing in something else.
Sure; I’m not sure what fraction of the relevant innovations were additions instead of replacements (which might not impact total memory burden much).