> ere is no "went back". That never stopped, and still continues today.
Rather there is no reason to believe this ever happened. It’s a joke and one that people now toss around as an anthropological truth. Sort of like prostitution being the oldest profession.
Did you believe I meant that it literally continues today in the caves we all live in, or could this joke be a metaphor for the basic drive to reproduce even at the expense of other concerns?
There is no "went back". That never stopped, and still continues today.