One of the problems that early stone tool technology brought wasunusually deep accidental cuts that caused death either throughuncontrolled bleeding or infection. But the tradeoff against theimproved diet that this technology provided still allowed a rapidpopulation increase as a result of the new technology, even withthe rise in death rate due to accidental cuts while using the newtechnology.

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