That was amazing too. Knowing what to harvest, when to harvest, how to separate seeds, how to store seeds, figuring out soil enrichment, irrigation. All fascinating.

Yes !!

On a slightly related note. I have always thought that humans figured out how to cook eggs (boil or fry in animal fat) early on and millennia later they are still trying to find something yummier and equally easy to cook. :)

And party games. We will let a hen run loose and whoever catches it gets to keep it.

Absolutement ! But by 18th century metal extraction from ore had probably started to closely resemble modern processes for that task.

Thanks for the laugh. I really do wonder about how things were done way back with crude tools and technology, based not even on knowledge of why a certain is working except empirical evidence that it has worked in the past. Its fascinating.

Lol

Lol. Both the husband and wife would be bronze diggers.

I guess modern day geologists can run a few tests and quantify how much metal an ore will yield, but way back then they were using a different type of knowledge to determine what will be deemed as a good ore (location, appearance etc..). I wonder what those variables were.

Thanks for your reply. I did not know Northern Canada had gold mines. I thought we only had Nickel in Northern Ontario. Also, great username. Having flashbacks of Morrison and Boyd textbook of Organic Chemistry.

No, but I have popped a packet of Quaker quick oats in a bowl filled with freshly brewed coffee. :)

Thank you for your comment. What do modern day metallurgists actually do ? Also, in ancient times was there a specific word or a name that people who were involved in metal extraction used to be called by ?

My post being commented upon by such a wise person has made my day. Thank you for calling me stupid and my post 'shit'. My stupid brain has a question if you will please indulge me; did blobs of raw iron magically appear before blacksmiths for them to shape them into tools and objects ?