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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Scissors date to 1500BCE in Egypt, perhaps back as far as 2000BCE.
Paper originates in China in 200BCE.
But granted, Papyrus (close enough to paper) dates from at least 2500BCE, long before we have evidence of scissors.
So how did we play rock, paper, scissors without scissors? Rock and paper is a rather dull game!
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So has the question become what item, that can be represented by some hand configuration, predates scissors and can be used to cut or other wise damage paper (Papyrus), but may be rendered dysfunctional by a rock?